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Subscribe to RSSCould Rush Limbaugh be in legal trouble for calling Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a "slut" and a "prostitute" during his radio talk show? Yes, says celebrity/attorney/feminist Gloria Allred.
Allred released a letter she sent Thursday to the Palm Beach County Attorney's Office in West Palm Beach, Fla., demanding that Limbaugh be prosecuted under an obscure Florida statute, Section 836.04, which states, according to the letter:
"Defamation -- Whoever speaks of and concerning any woman, married or unmarried, falsely and maliciously imputing to her a want of chastity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s.775.082 or s.775.083."
But County Attorney Denise Nieman pointed out to CNBC in an email that her office does not investigate or prosecute alleged criminal behavior and that Allred should have directed her letter to the State Attorney's Office. Allred, whose practice is based in Los Angeles, emailed CNBC later to say a new version of the letter has been forwarded.
You can read the first Allred letter in a .pdf document here. And here's the second letter.
More reading on this case:
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CNBC's Ryan Ruggiero contributed to this report.
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Ms Feminist, can you look in your crystal ball and tell us what the penalty is for Fluke's lies concerning her age and failure to declare her political affiliation? I'm sure she can be prosecuted for that.
Look at it this way, if this goes thru her lawyer will clean up and Fluke will get screwed, meaning her lawyer will get 90 percent of the settlement. But Fluke won't need the pill on this one. Then when the lawyer files her taxes next year she will end up with more then Fluke.
Good! That's what both of them get. I really don't think the State office Attorney is going to take her seriously.
It is a misdemeanor. There will be no Big Cash prize for the lawyer to share in. The filing is to put people on notice that women are sick of being humiliated, degraded and treated like crap for speaking their minds in an intelligent manner. She was speaking before a Congressional hearing. Because Rush makes an outrageous living at demeaning and spewing filth about others, he feels he has a right to do so. If he gets the misdemeanor it probably won't cost him 1 dollar, but the point would be made. Rush be responsibility for your actions. Think before you open your mouth. You have a forum to make a positive difference, instead he chooses to take the millions giving men a bad name.
It was NOT a congressional hearing , the only attendees were dems , it was a press conference !
And you libs continue to ignore the horrible things said about Palin , Ingraham , Bachman ,etc !
Stop being so darn hypocritical !
Voluntarily entering into public discourse and trying to spin(distort ) a subject pretty much removes a person from the protection of slander laws !
If this is followed through with it will be revealed she is being run by a Obama operative , Anita Dunne , a woman who claimed Chairman Mao , the largest mass murdered in history , as a major influence in her life !
Careful what you wish for !