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pnwmom

(108,976 posts)
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 03:42 PM Jul 2012

Ann Romney was sued for fraud for selling doped-up, injured horse.

She settled the case in 2010. The court document is also at the link.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/ann-romneys-high-horse

Super Hit had Butorphanol, Delomidine, Romifidine, and Xylatine in its system at the time of his sale, according to court documents. Testified an expert: “In my 38 years of practice, I have never come across a drug screen such as this where the horse has been administered so many different medications at the same time.”

Ann Romney found herself briefly the subject of a lawsuit at whose core, according to court documents, was a heavily-medicated horse.

Romney and her trainers sold the horse, Super Hit, in 2008 for $125,000. And Super Hit had what a prominent veterinarian described as a staggering quantity of drugs in its system at the time of its examination before being sold, according to a toxicology report that's part of the lawsuit over the horse's condition.

The lawsuit, which was mentioned in a New York Times story last month, was filed in 2010 by a woman in San Diego who had bought Super Hit from Romney and her trainers, Jan and Amy Ebeling. The woman, Catherine Norris, sued Romney for fraud after the horse allegedly proved physically incapable of performing as a dressage horse.

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Ann Romney was sued for fraud for selling doped-up, injured horse. (Original Post) pnwmom Jul 2012 OP
Yeow!! The hits keep coming. Lint Head Jul 2012 #1
The horse is off limits, remember... Puzzler Jul 2012 #2
Only the horses' asses are off limits nichomachus Jul 2012 #3
I can just smell the malodorous stench of the Pro-Lifers on this one. freshwest Jul 2012 #4
"briefly the subject of a lawsuit?" As in .. the settled quickly, paying extra for a gag order? n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #5
Just remember, we're not discussing the horse (off-limits) OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #6
Seriously..."Romifidine" FloriTexan Jul 2012 #7
I thought the Olympics would disqualify competitors Tanuki Jul 2012 #8
Now that it's settled, they'll never have the details they would need. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #12
Ann Rmoney belongs in jail CountAllVotes Jul 2012 #9
This shouldn't be a campaign issue. noamnety Jul 2012 #10
LOL. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #13
One wonders what drugs Romney is on. It would explain his behavior. Gregorian Jul 2012 #11
Oh, so she is an animal lover! ailsagirl Jul 2012 #14

Puzzler

(2,505 posts)
2. The horse is off limits, remember...
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 04:02 PM
Jul 2012

... oh, that was another horse. Or are all Romney horses off limits?

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
4. I can just smell the malodorous stench of the Pro-Lifers on this one.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 04:20 PM
Jul 2012

The poor beast likely ended up at the glue factory. Just where Mittens intends to send the middle class and poor of this country.

FloriTexan

(838 posts)
7. Seriously..."Romifidine"
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 04:40 PM
Jul 2012

Romifidine is a drug that is used in veterinary medicine as a sedative mainly in large animals such as horses - needs to be approved for use in humans and called: "Romnifidine"

Tanuki

(14,918 posts)
8. I thought the Olympics would disqualify competitors
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 04:53 PM
Jul 2012

who have been mixed up in sordid doping scandals of this magnitude.

CountAllVotes

(20,868 posts)
9. Ann Rmoney belongs in jail
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 04:57 PM
Jul 2012

For cruelty to animals.

She'd be in a hell of a lot of trouble if she was involved in throughbred horse racing. Drugging up horses is a crime these days.

Of course know nothing Ann is too rich to know!



 

noamnety

(20,234 posts)
10. This shouldn't be a campaign issue.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:09 PM
Jul 2012

She retroactively sold the horse several years prior to that sale, and shouldn't be held responsible for what happened to the horse after that.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
11. One wonders what drugs Romney is on. It would explain his behavior.
Thu Jul 26, 2012, 05:11 PM
Jul 2012

And the empty face.

I'm serious.

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