So its confirmed Prince died of butt flu?
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So its confirmed Prince died of butt flu?
Nope, not by a long shot, but we are seeing corroboration from publications that tend to be lawsuit-averse.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...es-estate-sue/Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
The National Enquirer alleges that Prince had AIDS. Say that the Enquirer is wrong; could Prince’s estate sue?
No: In America, defamation of the dead generally can’t give rise to a civil libel lawsuit. See, e.g., Gugliuzza v. K.C.M.C., Inc. (La. 1992) (“In the United States, the common law rule denying a cause of action for defamation of a dead person has been uniformly followed in every jurisdiction which has addressed this issue.”); Saari v. Gillett Communications (Ga. Ct. App. 1990); Lambert v. Garlo (Ohio Ct. App. 1985); Flynn v. Higham (Cal. Ct. App. 1983).
This may indeed be a First Amendment requirement, but the court hasn’t had occasion to reach that question, because it just hasn’t arisen often enough. Historically, defamation of the dead could give rise to a criminal prosecution — the prohibition was generally justified either on moral grounds, or on the grounds that libels of the dead can lead to fights or even duels — and some state statutes still authorize that. But I don’t know of a single such prosecution in the past 30 years; I doubt that such laws would be viewed as constitutional today; and these laws have not eroded the common-law rule that there is no civil liability for defaming the dead.
If such a statement was made when Prince was alive, he could win a libel lawsuit if the Enquirer knew the statement was false, or knew it was quite likely false but printed it in reckless disregard of its likely falsehood. That’s the legal standard required for a living public figure — such as someone of Prince’s fame — to recover in a libel case. But now that he is dead, civil libel law no longer applies, however much the statement might upset Prince’s relatives (or even if the statement economically damages the estate and thus the relatives).
Note, though, that a statement about the dead might also defame the living, and the living can sue for injury to their own reputations. Thus, for instance, saying that Don, who is dead, was a criminal is not civilly actionable, even if it’s an outright lie, and even if it understandably upsets his son Stan. But if the statement is that Don is a criminal and Stan was his co-conspirator, that defames Stan, and Stan can sue for the injury to his own reputation.
Amazing Prince stuff from the God Freeman Fly and two other clowns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okXRHr_JjnE
Start at like 6:45
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Originally Posted by Draymond
Yeah, but when Sheila-E starts talking cryptically about his cause of death you know something is really, really up. She's always been part of his inner circle.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
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Originally Posted by Hockey GuyYeah, but when Sheila-E starts talking cryptically about his cause of death you know something is really, really up. She's always been part of his inner circle.Quote:
Originally Posted by sonatine
Honestly its pretty fucking frustrating to see these people tap dance around just putting it out there. Saying he died of HIV/AIDS would do literally nothing but raise awareness and ultimately save lives, so man the fuck up, inner circle.
It makes me wonder if there is some sort of Charlie Sheen-esque element where Prince exposed some people and no one wants those lawsuits to be his final chapter.
Wow, Sheila E.
Black has cracked.
Have a bit of a visual to go with the musicQuote:
Originally Posted by DRK Star
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzwE4_ul264
I can't believe I never found Dick Gregory until a few weeks ago. I hadn't heard of many of the things he was talking about but we are on the same page about the will and AIDS.
HOLY
SHIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItJO7VOXe8w#t=458
No matter who you are you will like this 7 minute interview. Dave Chappelle is God but he is the syphilis bump on this old fucks right nut.
Tonight, at Red Rocks, they showed "Purple Rain", and during the movie, they got a Purple Sunset
It's official: opioids the official reason of death.
fentanyl, to be exact.
imo, this was a suicide.
Gotta put this in here before 'tine kills him
http://www.wdrb.com/story/32125118/m...piratory-issue
Muhammad Ali hospitalized for treatment of respiratory issue
http://i.imgur.com/0s1PDQZ.jpg
aaaand ~fin~
Not buying suicide either. That makes even less sense than AIDS. A control freak like him is the last kind of person to ever not leave a Will.