Posted on Jul 30, 2014
Jesse Ventura wins case against Chris Kyle estate
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I'm surprised that I haven't seen discussion about this on RP yet. But for those who haven't heard about it yet, former non-SEAL, professional wrestler, Minnesota Governor and current conspiracy theorist Jesse Ventura has won his case against the estate of SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. The judge awarded him $500,000 for defamation and $1.3 million for unjust enrichment. In his book, Kyle claims to have knocked out an individual, later revealed to be Ventura, for saying that the SEALs deserved to have lost a few in Iraq. Whilst at a bar where the wake for a fallen SEAL was taking place.
Ventura loves claiming that he was a SEAL, even though SEALs were not around in his time. He's definitely just burned any bridge he had to current and former operators. I've always thought of him as a nut bag, but now he's just pure scum. What sayest you?
http://news.yahoo.com/jury-awards-ventura-1-8m-defamation-case-182537224.html
Ventura loves claiming that he was a SEAL, even though SEALs were not around in his time. He's definitely just burned any bridge he had to current and former operators. I've always thought of him as a nut bag, but now he's just pure scum. What sayest you?
http://news.yahoo.com/jury-awards-ventura-1-8m-defamation-case-182537224.html
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In actuality SEALs were around when he served, however he only attended the UDT (Frogman) portion of the training and served as a Navy UDT Diver, later on, all "Frogmen" were rolled into the SEALs. Now onto the point at hand, he has claimed that the book defamed him and caused him to lose commercial viability, however, he was already in decline as a viable personality and I think that the continuation of the lawsuit against the estate (essentially against the widow of Chris Kyle) has done and will continue to do more to harm his "career" than the book will or has done. There were conflicting stories about the supposed incident offered and supported by both sides, at this point who really knows what did or did not occur. My own opinion is that he has proved himself to be an obnoxious, over the top, vindictive POS.
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I read that there were two NECs and that his would place him as an instructor and not an actual operator. But I have to agree full heartedly that his case has ruined whatever reputation that he did have left.
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SGT Richard H.
Totally agree. NOTHING will have the negative effect on his "commercial viability" that this will!
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SSgt Gary Hendershot
I understand filing suit against Chris if what he said wasn't true, but when he was killed, Jesse should have dropped the issue. Had he done that, it would have been forgotten in a short time. Now, he gets to carry the reputation as the man who sued a war hero's widow and took food out of the mouths of his orphaned children… (true or not) for the rest of his life. I used to have some semblance of respect for Jesse. But after this, he is dead to me. I will never buy anything that he had a hand in again. To say I am very disappointed would be a supreme understatement. The only way he could possibly salvage any of his reputation is to give the money back. Even then, I'm not sure his reputation will ever recover.
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I have read CPO Kyle's book American Sniper and I believe his accout of the altercation. I have never cared for Ventura and have always thought of him as a scumbag. CPO Kyle is much more respectable, patriotic man then Ventura can ever hope to be. CPO Chris Kyle RIP brother!
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