Pac's will have an uphill battle winning this lawsuit of his...

Oscar using the Ring as a vehicle for GBP propoganda is an absolute disgrace. He deserves death by firing squad for that. The Ring has been reduced to a Golden Boy tool. Soon they'll be selling his line of fishnet bodysuits and high heels.

Anyway, if they do have any proof Richard Schaefer told a bunch of journalists Pac is a drug cheat GBP could be in a bit of trouble there.

 

Looks like a very winnable suit for Pac.

 

I agree that DLH was a moron for using his Ring Mag blog as a vehicle to cast aspersions against Pacquiao. I don't know if it would qualify as liable though.

 

You haven't been reading all the posts. You need to download the court document (it's readily available online) and it's plain to see they all accussed him directly.

 

Fourth he has to have suffered damages

fifth proove that the statements caused those damages...real tough

 

Not only that, but Pac being a public figure has to prove that the statements were made with actual malice. Its very hard to win a defmation suit as a public figure.

 

There is no prosecution in a civil suit for defamation. You have a plaintiff and a defendant. Prosecutions are criminal cases.

 

Just one question, do any of you guys believe that Pac is clean have not used any performance enhancing drugs all his life?

 

Pacman is now officially a joke. Flat out refuses to take a test and then sues mayweather for accusing him of doing P.E.D's . Surely a test would kill any rumours stone dead!!
I suppose he is also going to sue Cintron ,malignaggi ,Mosley and the other people who thinks he is suspect.

 

Wrong term used, but the concept is there. Can't concentrate in what I am writing at the same time looking after the barbeque.

Defamation cases are not very hard to win. Many personalities win against big magazine companies considering that those companies are well backed by very large law firms.

There is a reason why Hoya's statement was taken off the net.

 

Pacquiao has no case. Anyone with a basic knowledge of law can see this. Aiken broke it own well. The Mayweathers have contunually said that "hey its my opinion"...

 

what about lil floyd saying that the philippines produces the best steroid available? (during a debate with rugged man on radio)

 

This lawsuit isn't really strong, it is by no means a slam dunk or anything close.

Pacquiao's case centers around Schafer's comments, De La Hoya's Blog, Mayweather Sr.'s Comments, and Mayweather Jr.'s comments.

Mayweather Sr.'s comments are the easiest out of the bunch to try because he did say he thinks that Pacquiao is on HGH because of his explosiveness. But the argument is that were these his genuine opinion.

Schafer's comments are going to be the second easiest, but the snag with them is that they were made allegedly to one person, a Philippine reporter, months ago in private. What took the reporter so long to go to Manny with the comments? Why would Schafer make the comments when he had no stake in the upcoming fight other than Manny?

De La Hoya's blog post that I think they are targeting is the one where he questioned why Manny isn't taking the blood test for $40M. There isn't a case there because everyone is wondering that.

Mayweather Jr.'s alleged comments saying that the "Philippines are where the best PEDs come from" are hardly chargable if Mayweather is able to prove that a high number of PEDs do come from there. If it is, then it might be an wink and nudge but it isn't anything more.

And finally, the judge would have to determine how much these comments hurt Pacquiao's reputation. It isn't easy because he is a boxer and his entire job is based off of contract negotiation so he would have to prove that boxers XYZ won't get into the ring with him because of these allegations, not his refusal to take random blood tests.

Also the judge will take into account Pacquiao's and Arum's backpedaling on the issue, they agreed to testing anywhere-anytime, then it became no blood testing six weeks before the fight, to no blood testing at all, back to a fixed schedule blood testing. That is what most people that aren't *******s see as the main problem in all of this, Team Pacquiao changed their stance multiple times on the issue and came up with different Phobias for Pacquiao, and that is what caused the damage to Pacquiao's image.

 

thanks for providing critique of the main areas of Pac's lawsuit

 

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