Scandal Luke Slayers

[western royboy]

So much this. One would think that - hypothetically being put in this position - we'd perhaps go with the feeble "my account was hacked", we'd feel pretty shitty that we've dragged the other party's name through the mud through our own carelessness, we'd quietly (as quietly as possible) step away from our AFL club role and probably even take a career break, while dealing with the inevitable marriage breakdown.

That's not a particularly attractive option, granted. But we'd probably find it more palatable than "Hey, I could always just throw my wife under the bus!" sharing deeply sensitive and personal information about her, a scumbag thing to do even if it were true (and which is why it's in court in the first place). On the other hand, Kate Sayers' actions have all been very predictable and - put in the same shoes - the actions that I reckon most of us would take: "I don't care about a settlement; I want him and anyone who helped him exposed and burnt to the ground."

But the funny thing is, given the timings of the key events and that Sayers could have just quietly resigned to avoid the AFL investigation, you have to wonder what favours Sayers has done for the AFL in the past, where he'd be so confident in going to the league with the full expectation of the absolute joke of an investigation it would carry out.

Lots of skeletons in the closet, strap yourself in

 

[IamKeyserSoze]

Lots of skeletons in the closet, strap yourself in

And who's going to publish what comes out? Anyone that has AFL accreditation will be soiling their pants they will lose that.

 

[dmc333]

And who's going to publish what comes out? Anyone that has AFL accreditation will be soiling their pants they will lose that.

Business and court reporters will be all over it.

AFL reporters won't need to touch it.

 

[Satan]

Business and court reporters will be all over it.

AFL reporters won't need to touch it.

if it ends up in family court nothing will be reported

 

[western royboy]

if it ends up in family court nothing will be reported

You can 100/1 that it gets to the Family Court with me

 

[Unnamed1]

I'd be fairly shocked if this was taken to the family court, there's no precedent for it and one of the fundamental rights of a defamation case is trial by jury (which of itself is a quirk of the system). It's not a family matter, so I think the judge will be pretty careful not to set a precedent of permitting it as it provides an avenue (in the future in unrelated cases) for gaslighting partners (male or female) from defaming their partner in the context of a divorce proceeding and not being held to account to it.

 

[Tadpole]

Lots of skeletons in the closet, strap yourself in

Looks like Sayers is going to go down swinging.