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Originally Posted by Locke
Experience.
I know people love the concept that lawyers throw anything anywhere in hopes that something will stick but that's not typically the reality at this level.
This ain't your Grandmammy's kitchen reno or 'Pa's restraining order.
And everyone involved with the exception of Mike Richards is a lawyer and millions of dollars are at stake.
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If the threat of publicly shaming your opponent is seen as a strong bargaining chip, then you must not go public with your evidence / argument until just the right time...which could be measured in months or sadly even years.
Once you let 'it' out, you cannot leverage the threat of 'it' coming out...nor can someone pay to keep your silence after you have already spilled.
Deliberate silence does not necessarily mean you have nothing to say. And what comes out in the media is very often NOT what really happened.
It is agonizing to have so few actual facts. It is a standard disclaimer clause in a legal opinion to note that if the facts told to you are wrong then your opinion may be completely different. There is plenty of collective experience behind that bit of boilerplate.
Unfortunately, until more facts come out about what happened, if ever, nobody's opinion on which party is good or evil can really amount to much.