Originally Posted by
The Boz
But it’s YOUR claims in this thread. And I’ll never understand why you perpetuated this lie. What did you have to gain? Obviously NOTHING. You did bring Max, a great poster, back but again WHY?
I can and have answered that Boz. People aren't going to believe it, so there is no sense in me repeating it a million times, but I am happy to do so for your sake, and you too can decide what you believe.
Everyone has always had that right, long before this incident.
The back-rooming went down exactly as I shared. Illegal detention, arrest and back-rooming resulting in a fractured arm. NOT a compound fracture, where the bone is broke all the way through, a fracture, that heals in 6-8 weeks with a cast. I flip flopped in my mind weather to pursue anything for a couple weeks. Finally, I decided it just wasn't in my best
long-term interest to do so. This is how I weigh most things.....long-term. My big concern was I was going to have to take a case all the way to trial and all my personal info would be released. And for what, a couple hundred grand, less 1/3 attorney fees.
So once I decided not to pursue anything I did share this experience, just as I always had. It was then that several players that I have a great deal of respect for, mickeycrimm, Dan Druff, axelwolf and oddly enough Maxpen, convinced me to reconsider that position. The big part of that was the suggestion that I should pursue a case to settlement rather than all the way to court. (of course you can't say that is what you are doing, you have to make it look like you are willing to go all the way).
So yes, it seems odd that a few people on an internet forum changed my mind, but that is what happened and I greatly appreciated and still do, their advice and opinions. I also heard from an AP friend not on this forum, that said the same thing. He had gone through a back-rooming case a while back.
If my initial decision would have been to pursue something I never would have said anything. So once I did change my mind, I was in trouble because I had already revealed this incident. I was out of town for a few weeks, but once the case go going with a demand letter, and negotiations, I began to see that there would be information about me and the case, that
could become public. As that began to look more and more likely, I decided I could protect myself from this by announcing we had filed a case and settlement reached. That backfired spectacularly thanks to super sleuth Maxpen. I hold no ill feeling towards Maxpen for that.
It is only that last part that Maxpen was able to disprove. I actually received the settlement, which I came as close to saying an amount as I could (and it was not enough).
I can't and wouldn't even if I could, prove any of this. People can decide whatever they want and it is pretty clear they have. And that is fine with me. And if people want to decide that because Maxpen disproved part of this "ordeal" that everything I have ever said was made up.....well again, people have always had that right. I am ok with it.