kyleventura

Ventura was a jerk going after Chris Kyle’s widow. He tried to make the excuse that it would be the insurance company that would pay, but that’s not entirely true. Bottom line, this is great news for the Kyle family. It’s not quite over as the appeals court ordered a new trial, but with this ruling perhaps Ventura will decide being the biggest jerk on the planet should be a one-time thing.

Via Star Tribune.

The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday overturned a jury’s decision to award $1.8 million to former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura in a 2014 defamation case.

A three-judge panel threw out the $1.35 million awarded to Ventura for “unjust enrichment,” saying Minnesota law did not allow a payout in this type of case; and it reversed the $500,000 award for defamation, remanding the case to the district court for a new defamation trial.

The decision was a major victory for the estate of former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who wrote the bestselling memoir that Ventura said defamed him. It was also a victory for news organizations, many of whom filed a brief in support of Kyle’s estate, urging that the verdict be thrown out.

It was a serious blow to Ventura, the former professional wrestler, who served as governor from 1999 to 2003…

Kyle’s widow, Taya Kyle, appealed the jury’s verdict, which came after a three-week federal trial in St. Paul in July 2014. After six days of deliberations the 10-member jury deadlocked. Not knowing which side the jury favored, U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle won agreement from the attorneys on both sides to allow for the rare split decision. The verdict favored Ventura by 8 to 2.

The appeals court judges unanimously threw out the $1.35 million awarded to Ventura for “unjust enrichment.”

By a 2 to 1 decision, they reversed the defamation award of $500,000, and ordered the district court to conduct a new trial.

The court found that the unjust enrichment claim was not applicable in Ventura’s case.

In order to prevail on such a claim, Ventura would have had to establish that he had at least a “preexisting contractual or quasi-contractual relationship with Kyle,” the ruling said.

No such contract existed, said the court. “Ventura’s unjust-enrichment claim is not allowed by Minnesota law.” […]

In previous interviews, Ventura vowed to move permanently to Mexico where he has a winter home, if he lost the case.

Good. Maybe it’s time for him to go.

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  1. deaves1 says:

    So will Jessie the Mouth go back to Minnesota and pick lint out of his navel now?

  2. VelvetHammer says:

    No Deaves1! We don’t want him back!!

  3. Alain41 says:

    Bad Wrestler lawsuit – Jesse Ventura doesn’t drop lawsuit when man dies and can no longer defend himself.

    Good Wrestler lawsuit – Hulk Hogan takes down Gawker.

  4. Vintageport says:

    Don’t forget that this POS spouted the conspiracy theory that the 911 attack was “an inside job.” When called out on it, he hid behind a weak argument that he was simply “asking the question on behalf of the families.” Such a loser. I was going to say that I hope he moves to Mexico BEFORE the next earthquake hits there, but that would be wrong.

  5. Dave says:

    Hey Jesse it looks like Kyle stood up from the grave and kicked your stupid ass again.

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