Like mother, like son? Whitman's Son Was Arrested for Beating Up a Girl

[Contrary1]

Does California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman's violent temper and bullying behavior run in the family? The billionaire ex-eBay CEO's son was charged with felony battery for breaking a woman's ankle after her friend said "Fuck you" and "Fuck your fraternity."

A 22-year-old woman named Valerie Sanchez was riding a bus to Palo Alto's Blue Chalk Cafe on the night of May 26, 2006 when she crossed paths with Griffith Rutherford Harsh V, Meg's eldest son and a notoriously delinquent sophomore at Princeton at the time. According to a police report filed later that night, Sanchez and her friends had mocked his fraternity and said "fuck you" and "fuck your fraternity" to him before Sanchez swiped Griff's baseball cap off his head. The altercation escalated when both parties arrived at Blue Chalk Cafe. According to Valerie's statement to the police, they were inside the bar when Griff "pushed" her "with two open hands on her chest and shoulder area." She fell down and felt her right ankle "snap." A nearby security guard witnessed the event and corroborated Valerie's version of the events.

In Griff's version, Valerie pushed him with two open hands, then stumbled and fell. But after being rushed to Stanford Hospital's emergency room, Valerie told police she had "absolutely not" attacked Griff physically, beyond the portentous baseball cap snatch. She was certain that 6'1", 195-lb. Griff had shoved her "deliberately."

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The next morning, Meg Whitman, Griff's mother and then the CEO of eBay, posted Griff's $25,000 bail with a cashier's check and brought her son home. Nine court dates followed over the next year, but the charges were ultimately dismissed, although it's unclear why. We attempted to speak with Griff by phone, but he hung up on us. Meg Whitman's campaign didn't respond to our messages. The lawyer who handled Griff's case said he was not authorized to respond to our questions. A call to the alleged victim, Valerie Sanchez, was not returned.

More: http://gawker.com/5564226/billionaire-bad-boys-club-meg-whitmans-sons-arrest-for-beating-up-a-girl

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1. So glad she skipped out on voting to have time to raise a family of model citizens.

[rug]

2. No comment.

[glitch]

3. Who do these people think they are...

Bushes?

[femrap]

4. they think they're

above the law....and very very rich.

[bliss_eternal]

5. sounds about right...

:( ...different rules in that world.

[femrap]

10. Hi

bliss_eternal :hi:

Good to see a friend!

When I moved to CA, Jerry Brown was the Governor. I'll be tempted to move back if/when he wins. I pray that Meg can not surmount these dysfunctional family problems.

Plus she didn't vote for 28 years....:wtf:

[whistler162]

6. Advise to Valerie Sanchez... if you pick a fight

sometimes you will get a reaction! SO DON'T.

Both parties sound like idiots in search of a brain!

[Cirque du So-What]

9. Why am I not surprised by your defense of this bully?

Ironic, too, that you suggest that 'sometimes you will get a reaction,' as your sole purpose here appears to be provocation. Defending a large male shoving a diminutive female, however, is a new low - even for you. Are you saying you would do something similar if a much smaller female had the audacity to mock say things in a mocking tone & snatch the hat off your head? Be careful...unless you're a bonafide trust-fund baby yourself.

[aquart]

7. Beating up an Hispanic girl?

Maybe he automatically assumed she was illegal...or should be...and therefore not entitled to humane treatment. That would be like his mom, yes.

[Hannah Bell]

8. there's more dirt than that on the sons.