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Just saw this broke AFTER I filmed the webcast…
:bullshit:When I read the news about BoS, I thought I would be physically sick. I’m trying not to be judgmental on this. Either these guys sold their soul and David’s life for a little security or these things actually did happen, they really are guilty and they have evidence to prove it. I find myself leaning toward ‘really is guilty’ because in my mind I just can’t believe all of these men would consign David to prison just so that their lives can get back to normal and they could take in the rays on Miami Beach without worrying they’ll be slapped in jail. Would they??
Siouxzee I feel your pain…
…and I believe David’s fate has been predetermined by the “judge” in this case long ago… and it makes me sick and enragged as well… but…
I have always been outspoken that some things BOS did were downright stupid. They waved the red flag at a bull: Toll free numbers from America for sports bets… direct mailers from US soil to Americans with phone numbers… RV’s in parking lots of college football games where Americans could go in and place internet sports bets with them…
I like David and hope he gets off… but they tempted that bull one too many times and fianlly got slammed. I support this industry with my whole heart, but if anyone is truly guilty of anything, BOS is probably the best candidate.
I don’t think David’s defense will be built on the same items.
The racketeering has a lot to do with the early charges against Kaplan in NY, and we don’t know what racketeering in specific they plead guilty too. It may actually be earlier stuff, which would leave David out of the loop.
I think we don’t know enough to be speculating here…
We heard that BoS agreed to work with the district attorney because there is basically nothing more that they can give them as far as evidence against Kaplan and Carruthers. Not sure of the full details on this yet so don’t quote this post.
If you remember the name Marc Rich, a guy that Bill Clinton pardoned on his last day in office; it looks bad for david carruthers. Marc Rich fled the US (to Switzerland where he was also citizen), after his corporation pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against him. He always contended that because the corporation had sold him out in it’s plea, he couldn’t get a fair trail. He was smart enough to stay away from the courtroom and now he is safe again.
It sounds like carruthers is going to be made the example for all the English folks who think they are “immune” to US law. Unfortunately his high public profile made him a perfect target, an example to be set and federal prosecutors love to set examples and get on television.
AmCan wrote:…federal prosecutors love to set examples and get on television.I would normally agree with you 100%, but I don’t think the Feds really want too many public eyes on this case. Industry eyes, yes… but not public eyes.
So much for David’s right to a speedy (almost a year since his arrest) and public (almost no coverage by media other than a few newspapers) trial, by an impartial jury (in St. Louis, Missouri? Ya right…) of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed (do I even have to go into this?)…
But silly me… we can’t just start throwing things like law and the constitution into the governments case… :rolleyes:
There is an interesting news post here regarding Kaplan:
