Ex-Olympian weighing ‘all options’ after reflecting pool charges dropped
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/ex-olympian-david-hearn-reflecting-pool-case
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/ex-olympian-david-hearn-reflecting-pool-case
18 Comments
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 54 pts · 42d
They ruined the guy's reputation, I hope he takes them to the cleaners
ramble81@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 41d
Who views him more negatively now? Every (sane) person I’ve talked to knows he was unfairly targeted. That’s nothing on his reputation.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 41d
Yeah I don’t think his reputation is ruined. I didn’t even know who this guy was before. I do now and have no negative views about him. I mean his “crime” was riding a bike and picking up some trash.
nymnympseudonym@piefed.social · 2 pts · 41d
You may not think that but let's see if a jury of his peers decides that the government did its level best to try, and then decides what is the appropriate compensation.
billwashere@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 41d
I’m not saying he shouldn’t sue because he absolutely should. The process was a punishment but his reputation is fine. At least to everyone but the administration.
Diurnambule@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 41d
No no it's reputation is ruined only the release of the Epstein files with pedos names uncensored can clean their reputation.
Sprocketfree@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 41d
Are we going to ignore the elephant in the room here? The fucking presi6of the US used the force of the Federal government to put this guy in jail. The stress alone is enough for millions in punitive damages.
Diurnambule@jlai.lu · 2 pts · 41d
He should sue. This story probably reduced his remaining time on earth due to the stress. Sorry I was trying to do a silly joke.
AnalogAllamma@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 42d
Of all the people they chose to go after for not doing something they choose this guy who probably has a decent amount of money to retaliate.
foggy@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 41d
And legitimate claims to libel/slander.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 8 pts · 41d
Olympian athlets famously swim in money
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 41d
This guy was facing prison time and had his name dragged through the mud, all because the toddler in chief's stupid vanity project fell the fuck apart.
I sure hope he has a lot of resources and time to go after Donvict and his apparatchiks. Everyone who got on television and told blatant lies about him should be dragged into court.
Madison420@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
Ftca, you generally can't sue the government unless they were negligent or malicious. There's no question this was both and I hope he sues Trump personally as well.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
It's ironic that all the babies in the conservative movement whine about "lawfare": concocting some kind of alternative reality in which Biden (or Obama's) government was using this so-called "lawfare" against conservatives, LOL.
And they claim this "lawfare" was used against their terrorists that showed up at the Capitol to erect gallows, threaten Congress with violence, smear shit on the wall, beat on cops, etc....all to overturn a free and fair election. They pretend not to comprehend that those people should be considered lucky to spend time in prison vs. getting the treatment they probably deserved, which was being shot on sight while committing their terrorism against the United States.
Meanwhile, they give full-throated support to stuff like this in which an innocent man is made a victim by this administration, and all because baby Donnie is big mad that his vanity project turned into a complete shitshow.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 42d
Sue them to oblivion.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 41d
I would like everyone who is slandered by pedo-hitler, if they have the means to do so and don't require the money, to instead sue for "legal fees and a copy of the full, unredacted epstein files"
nkat2112@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 41d
I believe this implies his legal team is busy.
That is a good thing and they have our support.
CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 41d
Sue Jeanine Pirro for ALL the box wine.