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RPBrown wrote:

Abraham wrote:He won.

Why?

Minnesota ex governor and Minnesota jury. Nuff said

I'm not a Ventura fan, but I can't really buy that explanation...I doubt that 75% of the population in Minnesota is so fond of Jesse Ventura that they would base their verdict just on those feelings rather than the evidence and testimony they heard. I'd be MORE inclined to believe it if the vote was the other way...lol. None of us heard or saw what the jury did, but evidently, what they saw and heard convinced them there was merit to the libel claim. Keep in mind that "truth" is an affirmative defense to libel/slander...meaning that if you can show that what you said, was in fact true, then you cannot be charged with libel. The charge made it past judicial review to get to the actual jury trial, indicating that the defense for Kyle's estate was unable to prove the truth of the statements Kyle made regarding Ventura in the Judge's opinion. The jury seems to have felt the way, and if that was what they believed the evidence showed, then I can't fault them for their verdict, regardless of my opinion of Ventura.