I'm not defending Wright, I'm criticizing Dorsey, there's actual a distinction. Wright sounds like a weird loser who had it coming, but Dorsey also sounds like a grifter who got upset Wright was seeing other women. |
Just another woman failing to meet that ineffable perfect victim standard, I guess. Let me know when you find one. Dorsey was nearly bankrupted by Wright’s defamation suit, even though in his deposition he couldn’t explain his claimed damages and wound up abruptly leaving. But sure, go off speculating she’s a grifter. A++ Here’s what Wikipedia said about Wright’s $108M damages claim, which is 4x smaller than Baldoni’s: “Landry's motion noted Wright's "eye-popping" $108 million damages claim was "more than double the amount Johnny Depp sought when making defamation claims related to multi-billion dollar movie franchises," and quoted Wright as saying he might file "defamation for fun but not to win," that he intended to "Raise the cost," "Break her" and potentially "bankrupt" her, referred to defendants as "b******," and agreed he would like to "make their lives hell." Wright responded that he never instructed attorneys to drive up the costs of litigation and that he "filed the lawsuit because lies were told about me that did immense damage."” Aww, poor guy. Those hurtful, hurtful “lies” worth 4 times as much to Baldoni. |
Dp, It’s inappropriate for a professor to have affairs with students, he should have been fired for that years ago. It sounds, however, like she continued a consensual affair with him for a long time afterwards. She also has an impressive but very spotty job record, she has never lasted long at any one place. And now she is a professional victim, #me too, #game changer (hashtags from her bio). |
It sounds like you just don’t believe in defamation suits. Reputational damages for high earners are always going to be high. |
Note that Dorsey didn’t sue Wright for SH or anything by she just, I believe, filed a complaint with the school and spoke publicly about Wrights actions while she was his student that led to the complaint. I guess you guys think it was a good idea and totally fair for him to bring this defamation lawsuit against two of his former students, where he literally admitted he was trying to bankrupt them and was doing it for “fun” and not because it was right. One wonders if there is a defamation suit against women who claim SH that you wouldn’t like. Seems like you’re much more concerned about the men. Which fits. |
Also: oh, those poor, poor high earners! |
No he sounds like a scum bag but I don’t think he or anyone else should not have access to defamation because of the nature of the accusations against them. The plaintiff ultimately has to meet their burden of proof and truth is a defense. Here, Wright dropped his claims outright before trial, so she paid no damages and had no trial costs. It actually sounds like an action where Rule 11 sanctions might have been appropriate against him. |
Adding she was a big law lawyer. His suit should not have bankrupted her, that sounds llike an exaggeration. |
Hmm. Where did that concern about exposing private details of the lives and work histories of attorneys that Baldoni supporters were so, so concerned about last week go? Vanishing faster than Justin Baldoni’s pron browser window when Emily walks in the room. |
She just filed a brief in a high profile case and discussed, in great detail, her own experience. A bit difference than random attorneys being cyber stalked by you simply because their names are on a pleading. |
And now it sounds like you’re calling her a liar. Excellent! |
I swear I'm not one of the Lively twins replying to herself, but this reminds me so much of that Sarowitz Israel Hamas dead bodies comment. Anyway, these women should not sleep with their professors for jobs, but Wright was jumping around between regulatory agencies, law firms, and then consulting for eye popping amounts, and even getting Google and Amazon to pay his mistresses living expenses! Talk about grift. |
You are wrong, actually. Her insurance company appears to have settled for somewhere around a $300K payment to Wright. The case was also in Virginia as the Depp case had been, which probably figured into their decision. Nothing you or I couldn’t pay, right? Totally reasonable for women filing harassment claims to have these completely disproportionate defamation claims hanging in wait for them. |
I’m not Baldoni or Freedman, or even male. Nor am I the person who posted the WSj article. No question Wright should have been fired by George Mason for having affairs with students. But Dorsey had a consensual relationship with him for years afterwards, and he got her several jobs, including hiring her to work for him at the FTC. That isn’t harassment, that’s a relationship, and honestly, gross on both sides. Who relies on their married lover to get them professional positions? As a lawyer, I can’t relate to her story at all. She made choices over years to stay in his orbit. It is all so odd. |
As you just wrote, she didn’t pay $300,000, her insurance company did. Nothing about her case is a textbook harassment case, it became a consensual relationship where she chose to stay with him, personally and professionally. |