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no charges for BRANDY? WTF!

Old Dec 29, 2007 | 07:27 PM
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^i thought anytime you rearend anything it was your fault....that is what we were always taught...??? that is the "non celeb" rule anyway.

if traffic is stopped for a flagman and you run into the cars it is your fault so that would be similar to stopped car in her lane???
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 04:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Sleepy,Dec 28 2007, 08:38 PM
Not defending Brandy here, but I had heard that the woman she hit had actually hit the person in front of her first, causing the car to slow down dramatically - that's when Brandy hit her. I think the DA would have charged her with something if there hadn't been some sort of contradictory evidence. Anyone else here read something to that effect?
well i'm defending her...

i read that also, but the most poignant factor is the lady she hit, the one that actually caused the accident, had weed in her system. so see scot, there are exceptions to every rule.
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 07:47 AM
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The family and the attornies were ALL paid off big time. If it were a normal person, we'd be in jail for 20+ years.


**** this society
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by soul_fly,Dec 30 2007, 08:35 AM
well i'm defending her...

i read that also, but the most poignant factor is the lady she hit, the one that actually caused the accident, had weed in her system. so see scot, there are exceptions to every rule.
so the lady in front started the accident and brandy ran into her from behind sending her zipping off in many directions? that still makes Brandy at fault for running into her from behind doesn't it?
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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LOL Multiple parties to blame. Why was the first vehicle "stopped"? Why was brandy unable to control her vehicle? What was her speed? How long and what direction were the braking skids? What is her driving history?
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Scot,Dec 29 2007, 10:27 PM
^i thought anytime you rearend anything it was your fault....that is what we were always taught...??? that is the "non celeb" rule anyway.

if traffic is stopped for a flagman and you run into the cars it is your fault so that would be similar to stopped car in her lane???
You'll have to consult your lawyer on that one. Based on a quick Google search though, there is no legal base for saying that the car to the rear is automatically at fault. If there's no cause to find that Brandy (or anybody else, for that matter) did anything careless, then there's no cause for criminal charges.

http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=522329

Note that this doesn't necessarily have any bearing on civil cases our insurance claims.
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Old Dec 30, 2007 | 09:59 PM
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I'm just wondering if anyone saw that Jon Stewart episode from a long while back--during the last Michael Jackson trial (when Colbert was still on the show, and doing this interview)--"No one gets convicted in California. And therefore Jon, I'm going to fullfill my life long dream, and go bludgeon someone to death with a tire iron."
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 05:10 AM
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Weed FTL!!!
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 05:29 AM
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Did anyone catch this?

Then there's Aboudihaj's husband-turned-widow, Maroune Hdidou, who claimed Brandy was driving "too fast for conditions" and "following too closely" and sought unspecified compensatory and punitive damages for the loss of his spouse.
Last I heard, a man that loses his wife through death is a widower, not a widow.
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Old Dec 31, 2007 | 10:01 AM
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