No, Sam has some weird hatred of Tom Ford, a Canadian dry cleaner.
I know a guy who recently completed 2 years in prison after yet another DUI, aggravated by his high BA level.
The day of his release he came to celebrate at the bar I know him from. It was awkward. He had a couple of beers, then left, complaining about everyone being too stuck-up to buy him a celebratory drink.
I think she’s up to 12 charges now.
This particular incident is really frustrating, because the accident happened at an absolutely lethal intersection. 31 major accidents between 2010 and 2014 causing 3 deaths and 20 serious injuries, alcohol a factor in very few. We very badly need things modified at the intersection to make it safer, but it seems the authorities are playing up the DUI angle instead of admitting that they need to spend a pile of money doing something about the road. You just can’t have a major street T into a 4-lane highway with nothing more than stop signs and turning lanes, see traffic double or triple over a few years, and expect people not to pay with their lives.
Not in the slightest. Not even an infinitesimal atom of sorry.
He chose to drink. He chose to drive. And now he can face the consequences, just like anyone else.
Things like that make me want to go all 17th Century on folks like that.
IMHO as always. YMMV.
I don’t have a lot of love for kids who are rich because their grandfather was good at handling the already significant family fortune. The same kid annihilates a middle class family at the end of a epic douche-bro trip?
I’d feel really sorry for the dogs that I had to temporarily starve before feeding him to them.
KarlGauss’ Toronto Star link was heartbreaking.
This could cause a split in the Republican party. Do we build a wall along the Canadian border so people like him can’t get in (and of course we’ll make him pay for it), or since he’s a gazillionaire and a job creator do we invite him in and shelter him from those Canadian hippie communists?
Musso must know they have him dead to rights; he’s pleading guilty AND choosing to be tried by the judge alone.
To me, that makes me think his lawyers told him that he’s well and truly fucked regardless, and that his best bet is with the judge alone, rather than 12 angry fellow citizens.
Of course. He’s got the best legal counsel money can buy, and they’re in damage control mode. No point in fighting an unwinnable battle. He’ll probably spend the smallest amount of time legally possible in jail.
It is his best shot.
Contrary to the beliefs of some a “high priced lawyer” can’t “get you off”. All any lawyer can do is take the tactics that will get you your best available outcome.
In a case like this, where the facts appear to be crystal-clear, the best tactic, according to Mr. Greenspan, is to have his client plead guilty and express remorse (for a guilty plea, there is no need for a jury trial). Reading the articles, I can’t say I disagree with that analysis.
On a side note - I’m not a criminal lawyer (or even a criminal lawyer 
), but I took criminal procedure with Eddie and Brian Greenspan when I was a student at U of T. I liked them. They were clever and funny (particularly Eddie, who has since passed away), and of course, they had tons of awesome ‘war stories’ about their cases - though admittedly, I’ve forgotten them all now.
The thread title is misleading – I don’t “almost feel sorry for him”. I don’t feel even the least bit sorry for him.
That would have been an interesting class! I’ve heard Eddy speak and he was a great talker: insightful, informed, witty. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Brian Greenspan but he certainly has a good reputation.
Oh come on. There is no way you can blame her actions on the intersection. How much traffic do you think there was late enough at night that a family was out star-gazing.
I don’t feel sorry for him at all. The fact that he’s made of money just makes it all the more easy for him to take a cab. He came home in a private jet. He couldn’t spend another $25 for a taxi or Uber or whatever?
He might mean Tom. His '15 Spring collection was just dire.
It was a great class. Eddie was the flamboyant wit, Brian the more sober, quiet one - but plenty interesting once he got talking.
Why should I feel sorry for this guy? His life may be ruined but it was a self-inflicted and avoidable ruin. And he hurt other people worse than he hurt himself.
Jennifer the mother:
Ditto concerning Brian.
Such a shame we really have to use due process and can’t lock this fuck in a sea container with Ethan Couch and drop them in the ocean…Along with thier parents who enabled this kind of behaviour.
Oh man. I stopped reading before I got to that part. Now I’m debating finding a hiding spot at work or hoping no one notices the tears. I have a little one and wouldn’t be long for the world if I went through Jennifer’s ordeal.