Originally Posted by kewlJ View Post
Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
Why did you allow them to take you to the "back room?"

Isn't the correct play to simply head for the exit?
With due respect to your legal knowledge and expertise MrV, it isn't about "allowing" anything.

Here is the was it went down. I was requested to step away from the table. (not really a request). So I responded that I was just leaving anyway and gathers my chip. With players I have talked to that sometimes is enough to end this situation. It wasn't in this case. Next they tell you they are taking you to sign some documents. I responded telling them that this was an illegal detention and requesting to contact my attorney. This should be enough to let them know that you know the law and what the consequences will be if they continue with this illegal detention. At that point if they continue, they are knowingly breaking the law.

If you resist in any way, and a struggle ensues, they can claim you were creating a disturbance and a threat, so you don't want to do that.

I did everything textbook, just as I had always planned I would if the situation ever arose.

After I was released and exited the building, I called an ambulance from right there outside the front door. I didn't need an ambulance and could have driven myself, but I wanted the documentation of what had happened and where. At the hospital, I called the police who took a statement with injuries backed up by medical personél at the hospital.

The next morning, I called my attorney, and you know who he is, he is THE expert in these cases. He immediately put an order in for the casino to hold the video of the incident. We met the following day and discussed options, probably outcomes, timelines and what would be involved. One of the big problems for me, is this kind of case can't really be handled quietly. You really need to contact the media. It is almost like you are trying the case in the court of public opinion before it ever gets close to trail, with the hope of a settlement, which would not come until much later.

I thought about everything for a couple weeks now, and I just am not willing to go through all that and made my final decision over the weekend and informed my attorney. I think the money involved and the long timeline involved is not enough to offset the damage to my career and anonymity that I would incur.
sniff sniff what is that I smell.

How were you detained? They asked you to go to a backroom! you haven't explained why you just didn't leave which is the textbook thing to do. It is a horrible look if they try to hold onto you and if they do it is there on the camera.

"contact the media". You broke your arm and called an ambulance outside with footage inside of you being led away ! Broken arm = x-ray = solid proof.

I wouldn't be surprised though you don't sue simply because if what you says happens to be true then you need to hang on to this "I am a blackjack" player thing for your own self-image.

You also have footage of the backroom when they literally broke your arm !?!