Tag: lawsuit

Ahmed ‘clock kid’ Mohamed’s family ‘demands’ $15 million from Irving, Texas

The family of Ahmed “clock kid” Mohamed, the 14-year-old boy who was arrested and suspended from school for bringing what teachers thought resembled a bomb to school, wants lots of money from the city and school district:

From Fox4:

The family wants $10 million from the City of Irving and $5 million from Irving ISD for damages it claims Ahmed and the family suffered after the teen was arrested. The family also wants an apology from the two entities.

After the clock controversy, Mohamed and his family were “overjoyed” to meet with wanted war criminal Bashir in Sudan. Mohamed later got to meet President Obama at a White House science event, is currently in Qatar on an educational scholarship and would now like to be a multi-millionaire when he returns to the U.S.:

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2015/11/23/theres-a-shocker-family-of-ahmed-clock-kid-mohamed-demands-15-million-from-irving-texas/

Rolling Stone asks judge to dismiss UVA grads’ lawsuit

NBC News reports that Rolling Stone magazine has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by three graduates of theUniversity of Virginia who say Sabrina Erdely’s debunked piece, “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA,” has damaged their reputations. Rolling Stone contends that since the graduates were not named in the piece, “no reasonable reader” would assume they were the subject of the article.

The plaintiffs, however, say they can easily be tracked by their graduation year and affiliation with the fraternity named in the article and as suchtheir names “will forever be associated with the alleged gang rape.”

Even if the case is dismissed, Rolling Stone faces two other lawsuits in connection with the article. The fraternity itself is suing the magazine for$25 million, andNicole Eramo, associate dean of students at UVA andheadofthe universitys sexual misconduct board, is asking for $7.8 million from Rolling Stone and Erdely, saying she was named in the article and portrayedunfairly.

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2015/12/24/rolling-stone-asks-judge-to-dismiss-lawsuit-related-to-debunked-uva-rape-story/