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ONE YEAR ON FROM THE BENOIT TRAGEDY

CaptainWacky

CaptainWacky

I want to smell dark matter
Can we finally laugh again?
 
I think we were 6 months after it.
 
KEVIN SULLIVAN WILL FINALLY CONFESS TO IT ALL NOW?
 
NO.

(Yes.)
 
I read somewhere that the doctor that examined him said his brain was so damaged that it resembled an 80 year old man's with alzhiemers. To be fair, this was on wiki, but if true, I'm not sure he was responsible for his actions after all.
 
Sounds a bit dubious.
 
Okay then, but tell me what kind of 80 year old man with Alzheimer's goes on a rampage that results in 2 deaths, 1 suicide, and some dogs left wandering by the pool?

Or do all 80 year olds with Alzheimer's do that? Hell, I don't know. I have no idea what Alzheimer's is. OMG MAYBE I HAVE IT!
 
Okay, the dogs wandering by the pool could totally be the work of an 80 year old with Alzheimer's.
 
Plus the fact that he was still working as top performer for the world's largest wrestling company.
 
TWO YEARS ON, time is meaningless.
 
Judge Rules In Favor Of Nancy Benoit's Family
Written by The Associated Press on Jun 26, 2009 - 2:11:13 PM

By GREG BLUESTEIN
Associated Press Writer

ATLANTA — A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Hustler Magazine didn't have the right to publish decades-old nude photographs of the wife of wrestler Chris Benoit, who killed the woman and his young son before committing suicide two years ago.

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling found that a notorious death doesn't give publishers a blank check to publish any images they wish — including those not linked to a newsworthy event. Such a policy, the court warned, would mean that the entire life of any victim of a notorious slaying would instantly be open to public scrutiny.

Nancy Benoit's family filed a federal lawsuit against the Larry Flynt Publishing Group last year after the magazine published the photos of Benoit's wife. The lawsuit claims that the woman, a model and former professional wrestler herself, had asked the photographer to destroy the images immediately after they were shot about 20 years ago.

The magazine countered by arguing that the photos were part of a greater story on the life and tragic death on Nancy Benoit and that they helped tell the story of "the modest beginnings of Ms. Benoit's career."

A federal judge ruled in the magazine's favor in October 2008, dismissing the lawsuit and concluding that the magazine had the right to publish the photos in part because her death was a "legitimate matter of public interest and concern."

In reversing the decision Thursday, the three-judge panel ruled that while Benoit's death may be newsworthy, her nude photographs were not. It noted the article, which advertised "long-lost images of wrestler Chris Benoit's doomed wife," was brief and made only scant mention of her desire to become a model.

"These private, nude photographs were not incident to a newsworthy article; rather, the brief biography was incident to the photographs," Judge Charles Wilson wrote in the opinion.

The family's plight gained international attention after the wrestler, his wife and their son were found dead in their suburban Atlanta home. Police said Benoit, then a wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment, strangled his wife and son and then hanged himself.

Maureen Toffoloni, Nancy Benoit's mother, and Hustler attorney Paul Cambria could not immediately be reached for comment Thursday.

The decision sends the lawsuit back to the lower court for consideration.

Toffoloni has also recently filed a lawsuit against Dr. Phil Astin, the physician who prescribed Benoit steroids and other drugs. The complaint blames the drugs prescribed by the physician for the deaths.
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Actaully I saw this on P***z Hilton yesterday, but I didn't want to give him a link becasue he's a fat ugly bastard.
 
A VICTORY FOR COMMON SENSE?
 
Eggs Mayonnaise said:
Actaully I saw this on P***z Hilton yesterday, but I didn't want to give him a link becasue he's a fat ugly bastard.
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Still, you can pat the manager of The Black Eyed Peas on the back for beating the shit out of him.
 
Let's all beat the shit out of him!
 
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