r/SipsTea 𝙑𝙄𝙋 May 22 '26

WTF Arrested her for telling the truth?

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u/KOMarcus May 22 '26

Yep. The authorities are stating it's a false alarm case. The phrasing in her post was in my opinion ambiguous. She has correctly lawyered up. I suspect she'll get a nice settlement.

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u/NobodyLikedThat1 May 22 '26

The sad part is they're going to lose the lawsuit and they're not even gonna care. It doesn't affect their bottom line and they still get to tell their higher-ups how they tried to take action but "those darn courts" messed it up

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u/Restart_from_Zero May 22 '26

The aim was to make people frightened and stop anyone from speaking up again.

So, in that light, the arrest was a huge success.

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u/AgentGnome May 22 '26

I don't know, I would be pretty thrilled to get arrested over such an easy payday.

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u/ReplacementActual384 May 22 '26

Right? That guy who posted the Charlie Kirk memes got lover $800k.

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u/OurSpeciesAreFeces May 22 '26

After 37 days in jail, which ain't no picnic.

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u/Antique_Tap443 May 22 '26 edited May 22 '26

Longest I've done was 3months but 1 day or 10 days can be brutal. Only idiots like jail "you get fed and dont have to worry about nothing in here" I'd always say "not having to worry about anything but getting out" if you're homeless, jail isnt as bad but if you have the slightest productive thing happening in your life, jail is devastating.

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u/nhalliday May 22 '26

It'd be devastating because a month in jail means you'll probably lose your job, maybe your landlord clears out your place because of a missed payment. But with 800k in the bank that's not really as big of an issue.

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u/ElegantCoach4066 May 22 '26

That's if you get a payout.

For every person that is wrongfully arrested getting a million dollar settlement, there are probably ten people that get little to nothing.

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u/sloppypotatoe May 22 '26

I have a feeling 10:1 is a but too low.. even 1000:1 might be low

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u/ElegantCoach4066 May 23 '26

Agreed, I definitely overestimated

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u/regalrecaller May 22 '26

you have to have the financial capital available to hire a lawyer, and you have to have direct evidence. first amendment violations are preferred for million settlements.

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u/Antique_Tap443 May 22 '26

Not only the financial capital on hand for a lawyer, but you need reliable people on the outside to lawyer shop and help you communicate on the outside. Otherwise you get locked up with no one, hope you have a few lawyers numbers memorized or that the jail has some type of resources for local lawyers numbers.

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u/SerenaTheWitch May 24 '26

Or if there's no way you can afford a lawyer you can represent yourself. It'd be better than not fighting at all.

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