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WyldeMan wrote:Cops kill an armed suspect in Milwaukee but angry citizens say he was unarmed. The natural response of course is to burn a BP gas station, an O'Reilly Auto Parts and four other businesses cause that'll learn those cops! According to reports, they expect more arson tonight. Over 125 National Guard are on their way to Milwaukee now.

joey con carne wrote:

WyldeMan wrote:Cops kill an armed suspect in Milwaukee but angry citizens say he was unarmed. The natural response of course is to burn a BP gas station, an O'Reilly Auto Parts and four other businesses cause that'll learn those cops! According to reports, they expect more arson tonight. Over 125 National Guard are on their way to Milwaukee now.

What, no looting? You can't have riots without looting. How are the cops supposed to learn?

Rusty Cunt wrote:PTA's Punch Drunk Love is finally coming to Blu-Ray in November, courtesy of Criterion.

Woot!

Rusty Cunt wrote:PTA's Punch Drunk Love is finally coming to Blu-Ray in November, courtesy of Criterion.

Woot!

The domestic violence dispute and divorce proceedings between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard that exploded just before the release of Alice Through The Looking Glass this spring is over as of today. The timing of today’s filing and end of the case is telling, as attorneys for Depp and Heard were set to face off on Wednesday in a four-to-five day hearing on the matter in L.A. Superior Court.

Represented by lawyers Samantha Spector and the recently retained Pierce O’Donnell, the London Fields actress filed paperwork this morning in L.A. Superior Court withdrawing her request for a restraining order against her now soon to be ex-husband. The dismissal was with prejudice, which means she cannot re-file the matter. Though that seems moot as the two have also come to a multi-million dollar divorce settlement that ends their just over a year-and-a-half-long marriage.

“Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always bound by love,” said the two in a joint statement Tuesday. “Neither party has made false accusations for financial gain. There was never any intent of physical or emotional harm.”

Heard is to receive around $7.6 million in the divorce, sources say. The actress was granted a temporary restraining order on May 27 by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl Moor requiring Depp to stay 100 yards away from her. There was great concern that the matter might affect the opening of the Disney distributed Alice sequel, which tanked at the box office.

“Amber wishes the best for Johnny in the future,” today’s joint statement adds. “Amber will be donating financial proceeds from the divorce to a charity. There will be no further public statements about this matter.”

The cards seemed to be in play this weekend when both actors were scheduled to give depositions – Depp never showed up for his, I’ve learned. Flying into town from UK where she is currently filming Justice League, Heard did give her depo this weekend.

The matter was essentially resolved on Monday as lawyers from both parties looked at the evidence, media attention and circumstance in front of them and sat down. They hashed out the withdrawal of the RO and the finances of the divorce in a matter of hours.

Spector of Spector Law and O’Donnell of Greenberg Glusker Fields Claman & Machtinge represented Heard while family law heavyweight Laura Wasser of L.A.’s Wasser, Cooperman & Mandles and criminal defense attorney Blair Berk of Tarlow & Berk handled the case for the Pirates of the Caribbean actor.

The fifth installment in the swashbuckling franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is set to come on May 26 next year.

The woman who accused “The Birth of a Nation” director and star Nate Parker of raping her while they were both Penn State students died in 2012 at age 30, according to family members and public records.

Her older brother told Variety that she committed suicide and overdosed on sleeping pills. “She became detached from reality,” the woman’s brother Johnny told Variety, asking not to use his last name to honor his sister’s wishes to remain anonymous. “The progression was very quick and she took her life.”

The news comes just days after Parker gave interviews last week to Variety and Deadline about being charged with rape as a student at Penn State. He was acquitted in a 2001 trial, but questions about the case persist.

“He may have litigated out of any kind of situation,” Johnny said. “My position is he got off on a technicality.” Other family members reached by Variety declined to publicly comment.

There’s no evidence that the woman’s death was directly linked to the trial. She died at a drug rehabilitation facility, found unresponsive by staff with two 100-count pill bottles of Benadryl by her side. “It’s just a horrible life’s progression,” the coroner told Variety. “She was a young woman.”

In court, she testified that she had attempted to kill herself twice after the reported rape. Her brother said that she suffered from depression after the incident. Her death certificate, obtained by Variety, stated that she suffered from “major depressive disorder with psychotic features, PTSD due to physical and sexual abuse, polysubstance abuse….”

“If I were to look back at her very short life and point to one moment where I think she changed as a person, it was obviously that point,” Johnny told Variety. He said that prior to entering college, his sister was an outgoing, popular girl who loved animals and school. He envisioned a career in marketing or media for her. “The trial was pretty tough for her,” he said.

In 1999, Parker, a student and wrestler at Penn State, and his roommate Jean Celestin (the co-writer of “The Birth of a Nation”) were charged with raping the 18-year old female in their apartment after a night of drinking. The woman claimed she was unconscious at the time, while Parker and Celestin maintained that the encounter was consensual. She later said that she was stalked and harassed by Parker and Celestin after she reported the incident. “She was afraid for her life,” her brother said. Both men were suspended from the wrestling team, and Parker transferred to a different college in Oklahoma.

A jury acquitted Parker of the charges, in part because of testimony that he had consensual sex with the victim prior to the incident. Celestin was found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to six months of prison. Celestin appealed the verdict and was granted a new trial in 2005, but the case never made it back to court after the victim decided not to testify again.

The brother believes that if the trial had been held today, there would have been a different verdict. “I think by today’s legal standards, a lot has changed with regards to universities and the laws in sexual assault,” he said. “I feel certain if this were to happen in 2016, the outcome would be different than it was. Courts are a lot stricter about this kind of things. You don’t touch someone who is so intoxicated–period.”

After the trial, the victim left college before graduating, and received a settlement from Penn State of $17,500. “She was trying to find happiness,” Johnny said. “She moved around frequently and tried to hold a job. She had a boyfriend. She gave birth to a young boy. That brought her a good bit of happiness. I think the ghosts continued to haunt her.”

Looking back, he doesn’t think that Penn State did its part to keep his 18-year-old sister safe. “I must admit Penn State has a horrendous record,” he said, referring to the former football coach at the University convicted of molesting children. “And Jerry Sandusky is just the tip of the iceberg. The University has a history of protecting [athletes].”

The Nate Parker trial is being re-examined now because of the public attention on “The Birth of a Nation,” which Fox Searchlight bought for a record $17.5 million out of last January’s Sundance Film Festival. When the movie first screened, it was crowned as an Oscar frontrunner, but the film’s release strategy has come into question in light of the recent allegations. Sources say that the senior executives at Fox Searchlight are monitoring press reports about the case, and are debating whether it is still possible to release the movie with a roadshow that would have Parker traveling to churches and college campuses talking about social injustice, which one of the conditions of the Sundance sale.

“His character should be under a microscope because of this incident,” Johnny said. “If you removed these two people, the project is commendable. But there’s a moral and ethical stance you would expect from someone with regard to this movie.”

Asked if the movie should be released, he responded: “I think that’s up to the people,” Johnny said. “I don’t think a rapist should be celebrated. It’s really a cultural decision we’re making as a society to go to the theater and speak with our dollars and reward a sexual predator.”

Parker did not directly speak about the victim when he addressed the issue last week. “Seventeen years ago, I experienced a very painful moment in my life,” Parker told Variety. “It resulted in it being litigated. I was cleared of it. That’s that. Seventeen years later, I’m a filmmaker. I have a family. I have five beautiful daughters. I have a lovely wife. I get it. The reality is I can’t relive 17 years ago. All I can do is be the best man I can be now.”

In a statement last week, the studio said: “Fox Searchlight is aware of the incident that occurred while Nate Parker was at Penn State. We also know that he was found innocent and cleared of all charges. We stand behind Nate and are proud to help bring this important and powerful story to the screen.”

Johnny said that the family has tried to move on from this tragedy. “It’s hard,” he said. “Seeing my sister’s life slowly crumble while these men are by all accounts relatively successful and thriving.”

“It’s been 17 years,” he added. “We certainly as a family forgive them. I don’t know that [the victim] would forgive them. I don’t think that she would.”

UltimateMarvel wrote:Wow! That's messed up.

WyldeMan wrote:Ryan Lochte is one duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuumb mother fucker and so are his friends. Morons!

Rusty Cunt wrote:Speaking of the Olympics ... people on social media are fucking retards. There's a picture going around of a female Nigerian rower, saying she got to the Olympics on her own, and today won silver. Now this is not true. A quick Google tells you, yes, she financed her way to Rio via a GoFundMe campaign (a few have done it) - but she hasn't won shit.

So I see the picture shared by someone on my Facebook feed, notice it has 200 likes/hearts and whatever the fuck - so I merely comment that hey, it's false, and maybe check facts before posting such shit ... and I get lambasted for it. These stupid mindless fuckwits sharing incorrect information in all their glee with zero compunction for making the world a dumber place - yet I'm the arsehole because facts.

UltimateMarvel wrote:You know better than to use facts Rus. Shame on you!  

That's pretty funny. It wouldn't be hard to change their minds though, put some of what you found up there and they'll start agreeing with you and attacking the OP for false info. Reverse psychology that shit!

WyldeMan wrote:

Sheep do not go against the heard! Baa Ram Ewe sir, Baa...Ram....Ewe!

Also, how many called you a racist?

WyldeMan wrote:

UltimateMarvel wrote:Wow! That's messed up.

The past never stays buried, not even for acquitted celebrity rapists. I didn't understand the Stanford ruling that because Parker had been with the girl before, it wasn't rape?? Even though she claimed to have been unconscious and that there were two of them while the other person got six months in jail for the rape and Parker was just allowed to transfer schools? Nothing quite as shady as the Ivy Leagues.

Rusty Cunt wrote:Got yelled at today by a worker at the local self car-wash, because dirt from the vehicle went on to the wall of the cleaning bay when I hit it with the high pressure hose.

Apparently, your car now has to be clean before you take it to the car wash.

WyldeMan wrote:

Rusty Cunt wrote:Got yelled at today by a worker at the local self car-wash, because dirt from the vehicle went on to the wall of the cleaning bay when I hit it with the high pressure hose.

Apparently, your car now has to be clean before you take it to the car wash.

Of course it does you insensitive jackass!

What you do with the body?

joey con carne wrote:Amber Heard donated the entire $7 million settlement from her divorce to charity. That's pretty cool.

UltimateMarvel wrote:Never played a Madden game.

UltimateMarvel wrote:

Rusty Cunt wrote:Just deleted 1.3TB of duplicate files

Damn! How does that happen?

UltimateMarvel wrote:Time to upgrade to a PS4. I would wait for the PS4 Neo that's coming out soon though.

UltimateMarvel wrote:

WyldeMan wrote:Massive porn fail safe collection?

lol! Who has a porn collection that big?

UltimateMarvel wrote:

Rusty Cunt wrote:Just deleted 1.3TB of duplicate files

Damn! How does that happen?

UltimateMarvel wrote:Word is Sony will reveal it September 7th so we shall see.

UltimateMarvel wrote:lol! Crazy Train sounds about right. There is always DVDs anyway. I can't believe he takes it with him.