Adelson Threatens To Sue Democrats For Tying Him To Casino Prostitution

[proud2BlibKansan]

Billionaire Mitt Romney supporter Sheldon Adelson has threatened to sue a Democratic organization for libel for blog posts about allegations he personally authorized prostitution in one of his overseas casinos.

Atttorney Lewis J. Clayton has demanded that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee “immediately retract and apologize for defamatory statements falsely accusing Mr. Adelson of encouraging and profiting from prostitution.”

The prostitution allegations originated with Steven Jacobs, who was fired as chief executive of Las Vegas Sands Corp.’s Macau casinos and is suing. He alleged that he tried to clean up the casino when he came aboard in 2009 but was “met with concern as (company) senior executives informed me that the prior prostitution strategy had been personally approved by Adelson.”

Adelson strongly denied the allegations to Forbes. “Would I jeopardize being the 7th richest man in the US and the 14th or 15th richest person in the world to push prostitution?” Adelson said.

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[spanone]

1. sue sheldon, sue....hope you end up the year penniless.

[DainBramaged]

2. May he realize his death will be as he entered this world, naked and broke

but rat fuckers like him are too egomaniacal to realize anything

[louis-t]

3. If he could make 5 bucks? Sure he would.

The man thinks he is untouchable. Bragging about being so rich shows how greedy he is.

[Scuba]

4. Shelly, there's film of you with Gingrich and Romney. You're screwed.

[nc4bo]

5. The squealing from so many pigs is deafening.

All Republi-CONS

[HooptieWagon]

6. Shelly, I fart in your general direction!

[bemildred]

7. Bring it. nt

[The Magistrate]

8. So He Wants Everyone To Hear He Is A Pimp, Sir

That will be the chief result of any such suit....

[bemildred]

11. Precisely. nt

[The Magistrate]

15. It Is A Gambling Business In Macau, For Christ's Sake, Sir: Of Course He Is A Criminal

If he had reached no accommodation with the Triads and Tongs he would just be dead.....

The Meyer Lansky of our day, only dreaming bigger; he is trying to buy the government of the United States, not just piddling little Cuba.

[JHB]

9. If doing it was part of MAKING you the 7th richest man in the US, etc., ...

...then it's not such an absurd question, is it?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

10. Merely mentioning a news story, that the former CEO of his casinos is accusing him of involvement

in organized crime is not defamatory under the public figure exception, which requires knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth.

[Tom Rinaldo]

12. Yes. And he has now created a new news story

which spread awarenwess of the first one further.

This will not be helpful for those in politics who, like Romney, are now linked to this man.

[RagAss]

13. Shelly....I had no idea.

[no_hypocrisy]

14. And when the DCCC countersues and asks for attorneys fees,

I hope it's $100 million.

[Yeah Its Spin]

16. He can sue Forbes...

In 2010, Sands fired Steve Jacobs, then the CEO of its Sands China subsidiary, for what Adelson described as breaking company policy and pursuing unauthorized deals. Jacobs later retaliated, suing Sands for breach of contract and alleging he was let go after refusing orders from Adelson to break the law. He has since accused the Sands of promoting prostitution, working with mafia figures, bullying banks and potentially violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by putting a government official on its payroll. Jacobs is reportedly seeking roughly $100 million in damages.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenbertoni/2012/07/09/sheldon-adelson-fires-back-against-prostitution-allegations/

[Prometheus Bound]

17. Why would you jeapardize...? No, that's why you are one of the richest men in the world.

Pimping is very profitable. And it attracts gamblers to casinos, so, more profits.

Everyone knows he's a pimp.

[mwooldri]

18. Go Barbra! `

The wonderful Streisand effect in operation again.

And in any case I think this is 1st amendment protected speech anyways... it is hard to sue for libel and slander in the USA and actually win.