Samantha Ryan's Lawyer Threatens Kentucky Sports Radio
by Glenn Logan on Mar 22, 2010 11:36 PM EDT
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PrintI simply have no words for this.
Seriously, I simply cannot fathom an attorney, in total sincerity, threating a website that made a rebuttal to a video that Samantha Ryan posted about Kentucky on a Kansas website.
Leaving to the side the the risible (in my opinion) suggestion that the defamation of a pornographic film actress is actually possible (talk about your all-time oxymorons), the act of threatening a defamation lawsuit amounts to little more than a SLAPP threat against a light-hearted post clearly made in jest (and clearly an opinion, which, as such, was not really actionable as defamation). All this notwithstanding the fact that Samantha is a public figure (made so by her ... ahem ... profession). I cannot imagine anything more absurd popping into my brain if I injected myself with multiple large doses of LSD.
What this lawyer did is beneath contempt, and while I don't blame Matt for simply complying (albeit in a typically, and justifiably snarky way), part of me wishes he had responded with a big, fat, "Bring it on, big boy. No juevos if you don't."
Rather than tar all Jayhawk fans with this absurdity (tempting, but still the wrong thing to do), I'll just leave it to the reader to puzzle over, as well as this in consideration of Samantha's peerless moral standing.
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funniest thread i have ever read...
simply unbelievable. i wanted to post it but was not sure it was appropriate….
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Mar 22, 2010 11:38 PM EDT reply actions
but the whole thing...
is disturbing in so many ways…
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Mar 22, 2010 11:45 PM EDT up reply actions
I read this too....
I bet she wishes she never got those KU tickets now…:-0
Slower Traffic Keep Right!
exactly
no such thing as bad publicity.
GO BIG BLUE!! GO BIG BLUE!!
by UKWildCatFanatic on Mar 23, 2010 10:10 AM EDT up reply actions
Saw the original post
on KSR and laughed. Saw this and laughed harder. She’s got real crackerjack lawyer, must have been promised a role in a film. Just a little barrister bartering. ’-)
im kinda scared now
her video must have the KU nation really excited and proud to be kansas fans….i sure hope we dont meet them in the tournament!
Rather have Ashley Judd promoting my team than some porn star ....
That ought to go over big with all of the recruits mom’s who are considering Kansas
That lawyer was just trying to get publicity
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
as opposed to KSR...
who simply wanted it to go away…(sarcasm: they claim they had to second most hits ever – 2nd only to the day bcg got fired)
only one rule in my house - uk has to be your favorite college bball team
by memphis wildcat on Mar 23, 2010 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions
The best part
The lawyer said she didn’t drink bourbon and wanted a retraction……..she is used to taking shots, just not of bourbon…….
Some say a comet will fall from the sky. Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still. Followed by millions of dumbfounded dips**ts.
Not Your Father's Perry Mason
Just another example of how the cumulative daily acts of thousands of would-be Perry Masons have fashioned America into the great country that it is today.
Samantha Ryan and Wilt Chamberlain......hehehe.....2 of Kansas' brightest stars.....
and both holders of the Guinness Record for number of women slept with in a career…..They really dont have much to do out there in Kansas do they???
Didn’t I see this on an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich And Depraved??
I looked up the firm of that Lawyer in LA…..Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe…….offices located in low rent districts around the world…..
You lawyers…….hehehe…..and they call Kentucky fans psychotic!!!
I AM THE CAT......The Cat In The Hat!!!
Samantha Ryan & the Rock Calk Jayhawks
Well I have only one say to say about them, they both CHOKED ON THE BIG ONE!!! LOL
Terry L. Ellis
I know it's a tempting target ...
… but let’s be sure to keep it PG in here. A few comments are coming close to the margin. :-)
A Sea of Blue -- Kentucky Sports for the Discerning Fan
And to think
The one thing she can’t take…is a joke!
As an attorney, I was blown away by the stupidity,
and believe me people, you don’t know stupid until you’ve seen what I’ve seen on a regular basis. My only thought is that it was done with a desire to get more publicity and video hits (as someone above suggested).
Exactly what I think
But it is still funny. I wonder if a KY blog was the only one to have a little fun with it??
Blue... there is no other color to Bleed !!!
Agree totally with you wkld...
How on earth would you put on proof for that lawsuit? Defamation? Who would her character witnesses be? I really cannot fathom a suit like that standing—it surely would be dismissed as frivolous! But, of course, we are in the Bible belt and that lawyer was from Cali—so we are talking about 2 different worlds (and apparently 2 different rules of law).
You can take the girl out of Kentucky, but you can't take KENTUCKY out of the girl!
by ukkrazyintn on Mar 23, 2010 10:32 AM EDT up reply actions
if publicity was the intention
Ms Ryan’s got a dumber publicist than lawyer.
I googled for news articles, and found no stories on this.
No matter where you're at, there you are
I saw this last night...
and was stunned at the thought that any lawyer could be that bad. I was just a little disappointed that Matt didn’t call their bluff.
"It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in the spring, when everything else begins again, and it blossoms in the summer, filling the afternoons and evenings, and then as soon as the chill rains come, it stops and leaves you to face the fall alone." A. Bartlett Giamatti
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