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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Very heroic to sue a dead hero's wife. Very manly. Agree completely with the sentiment stated in other comments. He should be popularly elected POS of the year.
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If he had any ounce of human in him, he'd at least donate the money to a veterans charity.
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This flat out disgusted me when I read that article this morning. First thing that popped up on facebook. I have no respect for this man what so ever.
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Well it looks like the media has influenced society and the masses. Freedom of speech in my opinion has played a role in the suit. We all know the truth on this story!
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Apparently the decision has raised the hackles of Marcus Luttrell as well....
http://rare.us/story/lone-survivor-marcus-luttrell-tears-into-jesse-ventura-for-suing-chris-kyles-widow/
and a link to his facebook page showing what he posted:
https://www.facebook.com/The.Official.Marcus.Luttrell.Fanpage
Good to see we are not alone in our ire!
http://rare.us/story/lone-survivor-marcus-luttrell-tears-into-jesse-ventura-for-suing-chris-kyles-widow/
and a link to his facebook page showing what he posted:
https://www.facebook.com/The.Official.Marcus.Luttrell.Fanpage
Good to see we are not alone in our ire!
"Lone Survivor" Marcus Luttrell tears into Jesse Ventura for suing Chris Kyle's widow
The "Lone Survivor" calls out the ex-wrestler.
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"unjust profit"? Seems to me that Ventura is the one reaping 'unjust profit' here. Of course I will admit to not having all the details, only what the article presents, but it seems to me that the wrong decision was reached here. We'll see if an appeal is forthcoming.
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Anything to stay in the headlines I guess. He thinks his tv career was killed because of what Chris Kyle wrote, its definitely over now, and at his own hands!
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He'll probably come out with a book about what a conspiracy the whole lawsuit was.
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CW2 Ernest Krutzsch
If he thought he lost money then, just wait! His career is really over now, oh wait, he never really had a career, now did he?
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I guess Ventura's brain has too much smoke whirling through it to remember that oath he too had spoken. Ventura got his feeling hurt and now he wants to sew the Kyle’s widow taking away what he has left behind for his kids to live off because he is no longer there to support or defend them. It escapes my imagination as to why Ventura didn’t try that when Kyle was still with us? If I could say anything to Ventura I would tell him that it is time for him to put back on the, I am a big boy pants and suck it up. I would also advise him to dig deep pass all the **** he is smoking and try to find the man that once was so he once again can march on smartly. He is disgracing the uniform I had worn for over 26 years as well as hundreds of thousand before me.
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