Former MN Gov. Ventura wants to add widow to suit against Navy SEAL Chris Kyle

[CO Hugh]

I am not picking a side, but this article has good analysis of the legal issues:

http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...suit-j-delgado

Also here is the link for ventura's SEAL Status: http://sofrep.com/36086/truth-jesse-...y-seal-status/


Jesse Ventura, former NAVY Seal (yes, he really was), pro-wrestler, Minnesota governor, and TV host, prevailed Tuesday in his defamation suit against the late Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. A jury awarded Ventura $1.845 million stemming from a passage in Kyle’s 2012 book American Sniper, in which Kyle recounts a 2006 fight inside a bar after a fallen serviceman’s wake. Kyle wrote that he and his group encountered a character named “Scruff Face,” who insulted George W. Bush, slammed the Iraq War, and even added the horrific sneer that SEALS “deserved to lose a few.” A fight ensued and, according to Kyle, “being level-headed and calm can last only so long. I laid him out. Tables flew. Stuff happened. Scruff Face ended up on the floor.” He added that Scruff Face reportedly had a black eye the next day.
Kyle should have perhaps left it at that. But during his book tour stop on the Opie and Anthony show, he identified “Scruff Face” as none other than Jesse Ventura. He repeated the claim again in another interview with Fox News.. . . . . .

[Gman]

[FONT=Times New Roman]Jesse Ventura, former NAVY Seal (yes, he really was), pro-wrestler, Minnesota governor, and TV host...

...and douche bag.



Sent from my electronic leash.

[Ronin13]

Still a seal team. He still graduated from bud/s. Basic underwater demo/seal training. So, still more training than 99% of us will ever have.

False. I have a few buddies who are retired and current SEALs. Prior to 1983 UDTs and SEALs were still two different things. It's kinda like Rangers and SAPPERs for those who are familiar with the Army branches. UDT/SEAL training back in the 60's (When Ventura aka Douchenozzle went through) was the same, they still did BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training), but once assigned to either a SEAL team or a UDT they were separate entities. UDT did not have the same missions as SEALs, UDT suffered far less casualties (not deaths, casualties in that context also means injuries), saw much less combat, and did not deploy on the same operational tempo as the SEALs. Further, regardless of what Ventura says, he did not wear a SEAL Trident on his uniform, he did not deploy to Vietnam (as the Vietnam Vet I know who DID deploy with SEAL Team 2 said if you were with a platoon on team 1 or 2 you deployed if you weren't in training).

Call what you will, estate or not, Ventura did pursue a lawsuit against a widow, regardless of the nomenclature or legal-speak you want to use, once Kyle died, the lawsuit should have been dropped. Only a massive douche would sue the "estate" (read: widow) of a fallen hero. The only good thing Jesse Ventura gave us was his over-the-top masculine lines from Predator. That's it. For all I care, he can go eat a massive bag of dicks.

[Mr.Fred]

False. I have a few buddies who are retired and current SEALs. Prior to 1983 UDTs and SEALs were still two different things. It's kinda like Rangers and SAPPERs for those who are familiar with the Army branches. UDT/SEAL training back in the 60's (When Ventura aka Douchenozzle went through) was the same, they still did BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training), but once assigned to either a SEAL team or a UDT they were separate entities. UDT did not have the same missions as SEALs, UDT suffered far less casualties (not deaths, casualties in that context also means injuries), saw much less combat, and did not deploy on the same operational tempo as the SEALs. Further, regardless of what Ventura says, he did not wear a SEAL Trident on his uniform, he did not deploy to Vietnam (as the Vietnam Vet I know who DID deploy with SEAL Team 2 said if you were with a platoon on team 1 or 2 you deployed if you weren't in training).

Call what you will, estate or not, Ventura did pursue a lawsuit against a widow, regardless of the nomenclature or legal-speak you want to use, once Kyle died, the lawsuit should have been dropped. Only a massive douche would sue the "estate" (read: widow) of a fallen hero. The only good thing Jesse Ventura gave us was his over-the-top masculine lines from Predator. That's it. For all I care, he can go eat a massive bag of dicks.

You haven't read any of the links and posts have been cited in here, have you?

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