Globe: WEEI offers apology (D&C)

[raccoonradio]

http://www.boston.com/news/globe/living/articles/2007/06/21/play_the_board_with_top_pair/

"Facing a certain lawsuit, WEEI morning host John Dennis has publicly apologized for defaming a prominent North Shore family....Predictably, WEEI program manager Jason Wolfe declined to discuss the case."

 

[ChrisNH]

I can just see the bloated Dennis now: "I'm weely weely sawww-weeee. I pwomise I won't do it again. Can I still have my lolipop?"

 

[Neggy]

I remember Howie Carr doing a segment on this family, and laying out who was related to whom and how the guy walked. I guess he didn't defame them to the extent D&C did.

 

[raccoonradio]

Maybe it was one thing to say whom they were all related to but quite another to say that they
used their influence to get out of a legal jam--and if the latter was NOT the case, hence the apology.

>>The family was outraged after Dennis and his combustible co host Gerry Callahan falsely accused members of the Doyle family of interceding on behalf of a relative charged with a serious crime. "They made statements that 'the fix was in,' that my clients had made calls," said attorney Howard Cooper, who represents the Doyles

 

[Blackroc]

So let's see, Howie says he successfully sued Imus (ok, a settlement), and Andelman libeled Joe Nameth by saying he didn't show up to his Football camps, and settled with Broadway Joe. Now Dennis: I can't think of any others, but many, many people have been slandered over the last 40 years.

The point is defamation is very hard to prove. But sometime you can score a settlement just so the defendant can avoid fees and the potential of a judgement for.

 

[rapking]

I wish D will lose his Voice . One of my wish, came true .