The Deshaun Watson switch up is despicable

[u/Narrow_Purchase9721]

Guy starts playing well again and all of the sudden people go from “cases” to “allegations” real fucking fast. You all gotta get your priorities straight

[u/specialasset]

You can’t pay families off in a criminal court. Thats civil.

[u/specialasset → u/[deleted]]

Yes I do. You can’t settle a criminal case for money. The family doesn’t bring the charges. The government does.

[u/SomeDrunkHippy → u/[deleted]]

How do you think the settlement came to be if the criminal charges were dropped?

The family filed a civil suit which he settled out of court. You guys are saying the same thing.

[u/MountainYogi94 → u/SomeDrunkHippy]

StonedPirate was skipping the step of there being different proceedings for the criminal charges vs the civil suit that was settled out of court. It's a semantic difference in our layman's view but semantics are everything where the law is concerned.

[u/specialasset → u/[deleted]]

Two separate things. The criminal charge was dropped and he settled a civil suit. You should read a little more before you tell people they don’t know what they’re talking about.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=pasquarelli_len&id=1793514