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To: one_less who wrote (61671)	10/19/2004 4:41:41 PM
From: redfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

"Now… If O’Reilly is successful in proving his case shouldn’t we expect the state or federal govt. authorities to consider the matter in the criminal sense?" I doubt it. If O'Reilly is successful in proving his case, it will likely take at least three years. Civil lawsuits do not proceed quickly, in general. I seriously doubt the authorities would be interested in pursuing an "old and cold" extortion case against a multi-millionaire, they are understaffed as things stand. Also consider that the woman's attorney is an old pro, he would know better than to even approach the line that would make it an extortion case. What the woman's lawyer sent O'Reilly is known as a "demand letter." Basically a demand letter consists of "pay me $$$ or I will file suit." Thousands of these are sent everyday in the US, there is nothing unusual about it, and it does not remotely approach extortion.