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

[davsel]

And he didn't really sue the estate. He sued Kyle personally before he died. After he died the lawsuit shifted to the estate. Which is 100% normal.

When you're a douche!

[Mr.Fred]

Which SEAL team was the douche a member of?

Underwater demo team 12.

When you're a douche!

I didn't say he wasn't a douche. I have reasons for thinking he's a douche, but not because of his lawsuit.

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[davsel]

Underwater demo team 12.

Not a SEAL team then?

[Mr.Fred]

Not a SEAL team then?

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.

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[Aloha_Shooter]

Not a SEAL team then?

Well, here's what Brandon Webb of SOFREP had to say about that:

http://sofrep.com/36086/truth-jesse-...vy-seal-status

I’ve heard the speculation and gossip about Jesse Ventura’s Navy SEAL status and wanted to set the record straight. Jesse Ventura graduated with Basic Underwater Demolition Class 58 and, like it or not, he earned his status. Some say he’s a UDT (Underwater Demolition Team), and not a “SEAL,” but that’s bullshit.

Others have seen the flaw in this analogy, and mentioned in private SEAL forums, “try telling that to a WWII UDT veteran who swam ashore before the landing craft on D-Day.” The UDT’s and SEALs are essentially one and the same. It’s why the UDT is still part of the training acronym BUD/S (Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL).

Like it or not, Jesse Ventura is a Navy SEAL. He did the pushups and put up with the cold water, just like the rest of us.

Webb's not sympathetic to Ventura, neither am I. On the other hand, a public figure like Ventura winning a defamation suit is nearly unheard of (as has been pointed out). A public figure winning the suit against the estate of a verified war hero ... yeah, you would have got long odds against that in Vegas so the jury saw something that swayed them despite having a young widow crying on the stand.

It's a shame if Kyle exaggerated a bit and got caught in a web of distortions, but that takes nothing away from the fact that he put his life on the line for his country many many times.

It's a shame Taya Kyle has been slow to distribute the proceeds from his book to other surviving families but she just lost her husband last year. I'm willing to bet she still spends nights crying.

It's a shame Ventura is an obnoxious prick but being a blowhard doesn't mean he deserves to be libeled as someone who said the SEALs "deserved to lose some".

There were no winners in this case but the case started at the Opie & Anthony show when Kyle named Ventura as the guy who defamed fellow vets and warriors.