Wooooow. Usually I don’t throw out the “wow” with the extra o’s but even I am surprised about this one. I have a video I am going to post about John Travolta and things are moving so fast with this situation that it is hard to keep up. As most of you may know, John Travolta was sued by two different men alleging that Mr. Travolta, well, was inappropriate during his massage(s). Long story short, the attorney representing both plaintiffs told one of them to get a new attorney. One went with Gloria Allred and then eventually the other followed suit but both claims have been dropped. The claims were dismissed with prejudice so they are not barred from bringing a claim if they want to but NOW, guess who else is getting sued! Gloria Allred. The initial attorney is claiming Ms. Allred stole his clients.
Talk about crazy. It is pretty easy to figure out that if one plaintiff went to Gloria Allred that the other would follow suit (no pun intended). The ego of the other attorney is kind of comical. Maybe he needs a good massage.
I figured why not talk about some kind of airline lawsuit. I really love how they have wi-fi on the planes. It makes me feel like I am doing some I am not supposed to do for some reason. For years and years I feel like all we hear is turn off our phones and computers so things work properly. I know from flying on a private plane that you can always keep things on — and I feel like most people do whatever they want anyway. In any event, I like being so high up but still being able to be connected. On a computer at least.
Anyway…let’s talk about Southwest Airlines (not the airline I am on right now). A woman is suing Southwest for essentially their claim that she is too fat. She doesn’t want monetary damages, she just wants to have Southwest modify their policies.
This particular woman had been told before she was too overweight and needed a second seat….then lost 100 pounds and was essentially humiliated in front of a bunch of other customers while being told she should buy a separate seat, again.
How can we police this issue? I don’t think someone should have to stuff themselves into an airline seat taking the arm rest of the person next to them. However, I don’t think you need to be called out in the middle of the airport for needing to buy an extra seat. This is a case where some good actually may come of it. These types of issues do need policies and applaud her for not wanting monetary damages as I think she will get farther in this case with that plan. It isn’t Southwest Airlines fault if someone is overweight and needs to buy two seats. It is, however, their fault if there policy causes humiliation to their passengers because they don’t have a proper way to handle it. I like this lawsuit.
I don’t do boats. I mean I like the idea of sailing the high seas but it is one of those things in life that can remain a mystery to me as far as I am concerned. I read about the most horrible story today about a fisherman stranded at sea for 18 days that sued Princess Cruise Lines because essentially they just passed him by. The fisherman and his two friends were stranded at sea and three passengers on the cruise line happened to see the stranded men waving their arms. They told Princess employees but apparently they didn’t do anything. Two of the friends died and luckily the one fisherman was finally discovered by the Equadorian navy.
Princess Cruise is being sued for negligence as clearly they neglected their duty of care by just passing up three stranded men on a boat. The captain says he was never notified and there is a lot of speculation as to the communication process on the ship that would have allowed this to happen. I think it is just a sad tale and we know this will go the settlement route but I hope Princess has to pay up.
I loooove LMFAO. Who doesn’t like singing I’m sexy and I know it (except for when it gets stuck in your head which then cursing LMFAO seems like a good idea)? A six year old kid was suspended from school for singing that song to a female in his class because the school considered it sexual harassment. If that is sexual harassment then someone better talk to the guy who came in my office the other day and said my office smelled nice.
Talk about taking something over the top. A. He is six. B. In order to sexually harass someone, there needs to be unwanted sexual advances that create a hostile work environment. I am sure the school’s policy may have indicated additional language but still, singing a song is a sexual advance? Just because it has the word “sexy” in it doesn’t make it a sexual advance. C. Did I mention he was six? Which means the female student he was “singing” to was also six or at least around that age, which means the likelihood of even understanding a sexual advance is highly unlikely.
The boy went back to school but now the family is fighting to clear his record. LMFAO lovers unite! If we need to sign a petition, send it my way!
Roman Polanski. For some of you, his accolades as an accomplished director, producer, writer is what comes to mind or perhaps for some of you, you only see that he effectively evaded being arresting for the assault he committed against a 13 year old girl over 25 years ago. The victim wants everyone to leave the case alone and is fine with the fact that the Swiss won’t extradite him to the US.
When is it a good idea just to leave things alone? Not in this case in my opinion. I understand that the victim doesn’t want to deal with this anymore but how is it possible that this guy can just go on without any consequences to his actions. At least something? I mean, why not let the Grim Sleeper go off the hook as well? After all, all of his neighbors were “shocked” and “surprised” at the news. They said he was good with helping around the house and being a good dad. Is that enough to get him off the hook too? I realize that Polanski committed the crime a long time ago but I am not sure if living with the mental stress of knowing about the crime he committed is enough.
I made the mistake of listening to the Mel Gibson recording where he sounds like a raving lunatic. I really, really hope this sheds some light on domestic violence as I couldn’t even listen to the whole thing. It is hard to understand or imagine how someone could speak to someone in that way. It was so disturbing. Not to make this post too much of a PSA but here is a link to check out if you know anyone that is suffering from domestic violence: http://www.ncadv.org/
I hope for anyone who is in an abusive relationship that they can find the strength to get help !
*I realized I mis-read Michelle’s comment after I posted this…she was actually saying that there is no way Lindsay will serve the full ninety days…and I agree.
Thanks to Michelle from Madison who thinks Lindsay Lohan will serve the full ninety days*. Does anyone else want to chime in here? I am just curious if actually serving 90 days in jail would really keep Lindsay Lohan out of trouble. I think I have changed my mind since my last post in that at first, I thought rehab would be more helpful. I still think she needs rehab but I would imagine that being in jail for a full ninety days would certainly give her enough time to think.
Enough about Lindsay for the moment…I wanted to bring up the story about Scott Rothstein. Scott Rothstein is an attorney from Florida who pleaded guilty to perpetrating a 1.2 billion dollar Ponzi scheme. He was disbarred from practicing law in Florida and faces a potential 100 year sentence. The fact that he was disbarred is the least of his problems. Mr. Rothstein would convince investors to invest in non-existent sexual harassment and whistleblower cases. No wonder people don’t like attorneys as Mr. Rothstein is the perfect example of a disgrace to the profession. It is embarrassing. I often bring up cases like this because I just wonder when Mr. Rothstein ever thought about what he was doing or how he could feel good about buying his latest Ferrari knowing that he was screwing people out of their money.
There are plenty of attorneys who do a great job so let’s not let this guy ruin the whole bunch but for the love of god, please research the background of any attorney you hire. Get references, find out what kind of work they do before you work with them. It doesn’t matter if they have the best reputation as it is still worth doing some type of investigation and checking with your gut instinct. Mr. Rothstein admitted to using his clout in his community to get people to invest and let’s face it, it usually seems easier to believe someone who has a well-known reputation. It still shouldn’t matter as you have to do your research. Onward and upward!
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Let's make the law entertaining, shall we? 
