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Martin Shkreli has been jailed following a peculiar Facebook post:
Martin Shkreli, the former pharmaceutical executive who is awaiting sentencing for a fraud conviction, was sent to jail on Wednesday after a federal judge revoked his bail because he had offered $5,000 for a strand of Hillary Clinton's hair.
Mr. Shkreli, who was free on $5 million bail while he awaited sentencing, had made two Facebook posts offering cash to anyone who could "grab a hair" from Mrs. Clinton during her book tour.
At the hearing in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, Judge Kiyo A. Matsumoto said that Mr. Shkreli's post could be perceived as a true threat. "That is a solicitation to assault in exchange for money that is not protected by the First Amendment," she said.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @03:29PM (6 children)
There's a lot of speculation about this, and frankly I'm baffled it isn't obvious. There is a rather large corner of the internet that believes Bill is not Chelsea's father, instead that it was Web Hubbell.
Now I'm no fan of this dude, but this was not necessarily a call to assault. DNA is hard to hide from anyone actively seeking it, because we humans shed all over the place. "Grab a hair from her" could easily as well be interpreted as using tape on the back of her chair, or when cleaning up a hotel room.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @04:09PM (3 children)
It's preposterous that anyone would believe this shady rumor. If there's one thing that the name Clinton stands for, it's monogamy.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @04:21PM (2 children)
???? Oh, really? That's why Governor Bill had his State Police commander chauffering him to Memphis to pick up hookers? Fek you don't know shit if you think Clinton is monogamous.
Most likely, Bill only shoots duds, and she wanted a kid. So, she took one or more lovers, until the deed was done. Once pregnant, she didn't need a lover anymore, so he was disposed of.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @05:38PM
You just quite clearly revealed your age. I'll leave it up to you to figure out how.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @05:45PM
You clearly don't get sarcasm. The Clintons are a least as monogamous as Trump.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @04:48PM (1 child)
This is definitely assault no matter what he intends to do with the hair. You cannot chop off somebody's body part without permission and not have it be assault. It doesn't much matter whether the body part regrows or not, the whole process involve assault at some point.
I suppose, one could politely ask, but that's not something that was required in the terms he proposed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 16 2017, @09:22PM
This is definitely assault no matter what he intends to do with the hair.
Garbage is what it would be if lifted off some random chair. Garbage is tend to be ruled as free game in pretty much most of the court cases out there. To make it 'assault' is a stretch. You know it. You want to blow it out of preportion for what it really is. Creepy? Oh hell yeah. Assault? I think you would have to turn the law into a pretzel to pull that off.