# When did Michael Schiavo start dating? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 21, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599 "2005-03-21T18:12:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![emarkp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@emarkp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emarkp)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/1 "2005-03-21T18:12:29Z")
On [this](http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/infopage.html) page, the timeline for the Schiavo case shows that the malpractice settlement for Schiavo came down in January 1993. I’ve been trying to track down when Michael Schiavo started dating. [This claims to be a deposition](http://www.zimp.org/stuff/06%20-%20CindyShookDepo.htm) from a woman who was dating Schiavo in late 1991, about 1.5 years after Terri’s collapse and before that settlement. Does anyone know if this information is correct? I don’t really know how to verify that this deposition is accurate, or whether it was disputed in court. I don’t want a debate about the entire Schiavo case–I’m just trying to find out if this is accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Rusalka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecd19e/32.png) [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/2 "2005-03-21T23:12:24Z")
I’m curious too, haven’t seen anything on it though. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacinewas\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/3 "2005-04-01T20:28:06Z")
Here’s some stuff. [http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1371640/posts](http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1371640/posts) By looking up “Michael Schiavo Cindy” on Google there are quite a few results. From all this, Michael sounds like a real a\*\*hole. He also looks like one… he looks dark and abusive… ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/4 "2005-04-01T21:04:17Z")
> [@Thylacinewas taken](#): > > Here’s some stuff. > > [http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1371640/posts](http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1371640/posts) > > By looking up “Michael Schiavo Cindy” on Google there are quite a few results. > > From all this, Michael sounds like a real a\*\*hole. He also looks like one… he looks dark and abusive… **Thylacine**. This is GQ. The OP didn’t want your opinions. Keep them out of GQ, especially when you’re dealing with a hot-button topic. Don’t do this again. **samclem** GQ moderator ---
**Author:** ![Bean\_Counter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Bean\_Counter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bean_Counter)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/5 "2005-04-01T21:22:16Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > **samclem** GQ moderator Are you sure about that? It only says “Charter Member” under your name now… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Thylacinewas\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/6 "2005-04-01T21:26:51Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > **Thylacine**. This is GQ. The OP didn’t want your opinions. Keep them out of GQ, especially when you’re dealing with a hot-button topic. Don’t do this again. > > **samclem** GQ moderator I don’t know what an OP is, but I think you’re being needlessly rude to me. Okay, I’ll be sure to only express my opinions elsewhere. _Back in the U.S.S.R._ ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/7 "2005-04-01T21:46:28Z")
> [@Thylacinewas taken](#): > > I don’t know what an OP is, but I think you’re being needlessly rude to me. > > Okay, I’ll be sure to only express my opinions elsewhere. > _Back in the U.S.S.R._ Yes **Samclem** is a mod. OP is original post. And it’s a good idea to keep opinions out of GQ. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/8 "2005-04-01T22:19:34Z")
**Thylacine**. You’re right, I should have explained things more thoroughly and been less curt. The forum called **General Questions** is for questions that have a pretty good chance at a very factual answer. When the Original Post(er)(OP) **emarkp** asked a question, he/she also said > [@](#): > > I don’t want a debate about the entire Schiavo case–I’m just trying to find out if this is accurate. What we strive for in GQ are cites that are factual(which yours was perhaps NOT–it was from a very biased source–but perhaps you merely Googled and found something that you though added info to the OP). I think I’ll go polish my jackboots now. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jimmmy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/73ab20/32.png) [@jimmmy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimmmy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-michael-schiavo-start-dating/295599/9 "2005-04-01T22:44:10Z")
Rather than start another thread since we have been mod’ed into understanding that this is the “just the facts” forum: Did the Schindler’s sell the mailing of folks who donated for Terry list to a conservative group? When did the charge that Michael Shiavo abused Terry first surface? Who made it? I know this is an emotional issue and that these Q’s are loaded as hell … but they \*\*MUST \*\* have factual answers. (BTW both questions originated from 1 time off TV reports). I also know that I have highjacked a thread that hasn’t been 100% GQ answered yet, but it feels “safe” to ask these Q’s with the understanding the mods have clearly established.