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Politics : Arnold for Governor! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (424)	10/7/2003 4:14:59 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 773

well, channel 4 reported that the two men who were present for the picture had come forward. Are they lying? It's awfully tempting for someone like Miller to seek her 15 minutes of fame by making accusations. Don't you think it is worthwhile to at least take the allegations with a slight grain of salt before jumping on the bandwagon? I tend to think that if any of the misconduct attributed to Arnold were sufficiently serious, that litigation or criminal complaints would have ensued years ago. After all, he was not a powerful governor nor politician. He wasn't even a mega movie star when some of these alleged events occurred. As I told you before, there is no dearth of lawyers in CA ready, willing and able to take a solid case against a celebrity. And the laws favoring plaintiffs in such situations have been on the books for years. I've been handling sex harassment cases, for both defendants and plaintiffs, since the early to mid 1980's. During the 1990's juries, particularly in Los Angeles, were more than willing to award substantial sums to plaintiffs in these cases. Given the numbers game you have articulated, it is hard to believe that not one of the many victims you anticipate exist elected to go the litigation route, if they had a solid case to pursue. While I can certainly understand reluctance to file such an action, and have counseled against litigation in some instances myself, the fact remains that if the misconduct were so egregious and so widespread, there would likely have been someone willing to pursue the case. If I'm wrong, then I'm wrong. However, I have a healthy skepticism for women coming out of the woodwork like this, some of whom are hiding behind a shield of anonymity. I felt the same way about some of the Clinton accusers.