Well unless you’re that interested - I just threw it out there since I hadn’t heard of statutory conspiracy before.
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They don’t have to tell them who they’re having sex with.
But he was the head of an institution where the brand is, “Only have sex with the [opposite-sex] person to whom you are married; anyone who has any other kind of sex is bad.”
If you’ve been engaged in sex that is salaciously outside of that standard and there’s any reasonable risk of that becoming public, then your private life is a threat to your institution’s brand.
In general, people are entitled to privacy about their consensual sexual activities.
But when you’re in charge of an institution that cares a lot about everybody else’s consensual sexual activity, you have a reduced entitlement to privacy about your own.
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But did Jerry share photos of his naked wife with his fellow ministers while in church?
Never mind, stupid question, no one would stoop that low…
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Popcorn supplies in Virginia are going to be strained for a while…
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You misspelled Granda.
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“in part because of the familial treatment the Falwells accorded him early in the relationship”
Hahaha! That place has a different definition of “familial” than I do
It’s more like a porn video called “Keepin’ It Familial! Vol 6”
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This is a weak lawsuit.
Count 1 is a breach of contract claim alleging that Falwell has a bunch of Liberty’s supposedly super-secret confidential information on his various electronic devices and that he hasn’t returned them. They make no attempt to claim he’s done anything wrong with them or that he’s disclosed anything to anybody. BFD.
Count 2 is a breach of fiduciary duty claim saying that he should have disclosed the pool boy situation in 2019 before they agreed to give him a new contract that included a $10 million severance payment. I’m relatively certain that negotiation an employment agreement is outside the scope of one’s fiduciary duties, nor am I aware of any duty to disclose one’s sexual peccadillos to one’s employer.
Count 3 alleges a tortious conspiracy among Jerry, Becki, and the pool boy to cover up their three-way boning sessions, thereby depriving Liberty of all that severance money. Tough shit, Liberty. You didn’t have to make Jerry resign. That was your call. Let them bone all they want, or, if that’s too embarrassing to you, pay him to go away like you agreed to.
This is also an insanely stupid lawsuit, because it’s inevitably going to expose all of Liberty’s dirty laundry to the light of day. Jerry knows where all of the (metaphorical) bodies are buried.
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Liberty should hire Jim Jordan as their wrestling coach…to distract from the Falwell sex scandal.
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O I hope so.
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And Matt Gaetz as their Dean of Women.
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One might draw the conclusion that Falwell Jr. is a damned phony.
“Of all bad men, religious bad men are the worst.” – C.S. Lewis
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His excuse was that faculty and students sign the code of behavior/statement of faith – he’s just a business officer, so he wasn’t technically bound by it. Just following the famous beatitude in the Gospels about the loophole-exploiters being blessed or something. Unfortunately he didn’t read a few verses down where they shall be condemned to lose any sense of irony for all eternity.
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The counterclaims are a-comin’. Mutually-assured destruction.
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Cool, very cool. I suggest Falwell turn around and sue Trump for extortion or whatever it is that caused him to turn on a dime in 2016 to throw his support to a moral degenerate.
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Obviously written by a graduate of the LU Law School.
Don’t they frequently channel judge candidates to the Federalista Society?
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A third rate university hires a third rate law firm?
I’M SHOCKED!!!*
*I won’t even dignify this with a Casablanca gif
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Awesome.
I didn’t read the complaint but @katscherger said it was poorly drafted.
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All about a third rate romance and low-rent rendevouz.
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These truly are the days of the asshole Olympics.
Surely, if RW voters can stomach these people, their sins, and their crimes…you should never expect RW voters are finally going to say ‘enough’ and do the right thing or start voting smarter (for Ds)
Think about these people…they are falling over each other to commit the most heinous crimes, the most severe breaches of their oaths and trusts…or basic human decency.
Chump
Gaetz
Jordan
MGT
Boebert
Falwell
Stone
Manafort
Cruz
Hawley
These are their leading lights. You try to find anyone in the above list who at least lives an exemplary life (but espouses terrible RW ideals). I know, I know…that is a tough act…but RW used to have people you couldn’t lay a glove on, kept their noses clean so they could keep at work with their horrible policies.
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