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Trip back to NY State next weekend for Goo Goo Dolls in Buffalo Saturday night and The Killers at Turning Stone on Monday night. By far, the smallest venue on The Killers' tour. Getting excited, love going back home and I've had these tickets forever, it seems like.
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I am taking local news with a direct statement from the DA's office over ESPN any day, however. 😜
Also what are the chances that the police filed with the DA after the news report aired? ESPN's source definitely seems like the police.
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33 minutes ago, nfreeman said:
I was going by the videos. There is certainly conflicting information on almost every aspect of this depending on source.
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The Bills have no way at this point to declare him innocent. They've calculated the risks obviously, he's on the team, so I'm sure they're hoping this goes away.
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1 hour ago, nfreeman said:
Well, they said they investigated. Presumably their investigation yielded the conclusion that he didn't do what he's accused of, which is what his attorney said.
It's also worth noting that criminal charges haven't been brought despite this occurring 10 months ago. It's likely the DA's office concluded that there isn't sufficient evidence to support criminal charges.
I don't think a team has to dump a player based solely on an accusation.
No, the DA's office has not received anything from the police who are apparently sitting on rape kit results. They probably filed civilly so something, anything would happen.
If it were my daughter I'd do the same thing with the police inaction they've faced.
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1 minute ago, Eleven said:
So we have to distinguish between the civil case and a potential criminal case, in the first instance. Her civil suit is based on allegations of multiple forcible rapes and not statutory rapes. And complaints don't establish anything--they are just allegations.
As for the possibility of a potential criminal case based upon statutory rape, I don't know what defenses are available in California...I have NO idea. Her representations could be a defense, his age could be a defense, etc. The age of consent is 18, as you say, though.
I don't think there is an issue of fact as to whether some form of sex was had. But as above, I don't know whether there are obvious defenses that would militate against prosecution.
Well you're a lawyer and I'm not 🙂
But, in the main video the legal expert indicates that it's a very "black and white" issue in California with few, if any, defenses. If his DNA comes back he should be charged with criminal charges. The police haven't been and/or still aren't exactly doing a great job with this either, so that's another aspect of this.
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41 minutes ago, Eleven said:
It also differs from what the interviewer read on camera (see the interview that Liger posted).
DNA evidence can tell you whether the parties had sex. It won't tell you whether it was consensual.
Consent doesn't matter if she's 17. He's going to get charged if the rape kit has his DNA.
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SDSU not looking good in this matter either:
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Horrifying story. We'll see how it plays out, but there seems to be plenty of evidence here.
Makes his draft day slide much more understandable in hindsight. Seems like the info was probably out there for teams to find.
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Drafting Lindgren in the 4th this year seems like quite a steal.
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8 hours ago, Brawndo said:
TIL (from article):
Kessel has appeared in 982 consecutive NHL contests, the longest active streak and seven games away from tying Keith Yandle's all-time record of 989.
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Adams' only "big" salary moves have been to get to the cap floor. The bottom line is he's not spending more than that. We didn't weaponize cap space last offseason, last trade deadline, and this offseason. We have plenty of room to take on short term salary cap dumps for assets without having any impact on the future salary cap, but it's obvious that's not desired by ownership/management. If you're buying LTIR contracts for pennies on the dollar to hit the cap floor, you're not spending any more money than you have to. That was my original point and that's what reality continues to be.
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9 minutes ago, Curt said:
You dug up a 6 year old thread in order to post this??!
Yeah seems noteworthy, but not enough to start a new thread. Search button makes it easy anyway.
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I happened to see earlier when I was looking at Spotrac that this year is finally the last payment of Hodgson's buyout. He'll finally be off the books. What a long chapter that ended up being.
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There's a lot of Kool Aid being drank around here. But I understand. Sabres fans are hungry for a winner, and hopeful that Terry finally has decent management in place after a decade of piss poor management.
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We're not doing deals like these. I'm sure we've had our chances. We're (artificially) at the cap floor and that's where Terry, and thus Kevyn, want us to be. "Blocking development" is just another term for being cheap. There's always room for a good player or prime assets if you want to pay a few more million a year, but that's not in the cards when a franchise is trying to run as cheaply as possible. The state of this franchise is ownership's fault, but we're going to continue to pay for those ownership mistakes, by throwing more seasons away under the guise of "development".
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Watched a couple good 3 episode documentaries yesterday on a lazy day off recovering from vacation. The Woodstock 99 series was a horrifying spectacle, but could not stop watching it. Also watched the Victoria's Secret documentary, which goes into the company and its very deep ties to Epstein, among other things.
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The Strokes and Chili Peppers rocked Nashville Friday night. Awesome show. It was also my first time in Nashville. I had no idea how much fun that city is. Spent all day Saturday honky tonkin' on Broadway and visiting the cool stores in between. Will definitely do again!
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4 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Per Lance Lysowski, He is returning to Minnesota for His Senior Year.
I believe Pi mentioned this as well
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Just take my money.
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Just got Springsteen tickets for next year. Price was surprisingly low, but I purposely was not buying the most expensive seats.
Next up for me is a road trip to Nashville in August for the Chili Peppers and the Strokes. Friday night concert and then touristy stuff all weekend. Can't wait!
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8 minutes ago, mjd1001 said:
That is a lot of money for a guy who in the last few years finished Tied for 70th in the league in goals, tied for 133rd in goals, and tied for 22nd. Even if you take into account his games missed, he still was 33rd in goals per game last year. He doesn't bring much defensively, and his skates don't touch the ice short-handed.
He got paid off of his draft status and his first 2 seasons in the league 5-6 years ago.
I don't know. He just turned 24, averages 30 goals a season, had a decent bounce back season, and is gonna be on a line with Gaudreau.
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Can we have a winning season or God forbid, maybe make the playoffs first before we stick ourselves with these guys for decades? Both of them have plenty left to prove.
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14 minutes ago, Brawndo said:
Even trading for Voracek and buying Him Out this Year or next for a First isn’t a bad idea
I'm reading it as you don't save much this year on the buyout? If not, I'd keep him at least this year if not next. He seems like one of those good, older veteran type players you want around the youngsters for a season or two. I don't know if the Sabres would do it or not though. I'm sure they'll have a wide selection of these types of trades if they decide to do one.
Concerts you plan to attend this year
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Goo Goo Dolls were awesome! Where's @dominator391? Killers incoming!