The other mob

[The Specky Forum Organiser 69,514]

5 minutes ago, Colin Traive said:

At least six managers - Stein, McNeill, Hay, Macari, Brady, Burns - knew and said fuck all.

At half a million each (surely to Christ a destroyed childhood is worth that?) and around 200 victims, that’s potentially £100m.

It will also be interesting to see if they are demonised and ostracised as Prince Andrew was because the scale of their crimes makes Andrew look like Atticus Finch.

Think you'll be in for a massive surprise when this is over.

[mitre_mouldmaster 21,511]

Just now, Jimbeamjunior said:

The victims always claimed it wasnt about the money, so a money offer with no admission of guilt should see them told to get to fuck surely

I think we all know this is not how the world works.

[graeme_4 37,468]

I think if you’re expecting compensation that would be enough to level the current playing field you’ll be disappointed.

Be shocked if it ends up upwards for £10m.

[graeme_4 37,468]

Just now, mitre_mouldmaster said:

I think we all know this is not how the world works.

Even if it’s £20/30k a person, that kind of money is huge to some people, and peanuts to the filth. 

[J-Maestro 13,900]

1 minute ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

The victims always claimed it wasnt about the money, so a money offer with no admission of guilt should see them told to get to fuck surely

Whatever they do, it's up to the victims to do what they want whether they take the offer or not. It doesn't make them any less victims if they take the money and don't want the hassle of court.

[Bad Robot 21,513]

2 minutes ago, Jimbeamjunior said:

The victims always claimed it wasnt about the money, so a money offer with no admission of guilt should see them told to get to fuck surely

I hope so if they feel it’s the best way forward 

[Bad Robot 21,513]

2 minutes ago, graeme_4 said:

I think if you’re expecting compensation that would be enough to level the current playing field you’ll be disappointed.

Be shocked if it ends up upwards for £10m.

2 - 5 is my guess 

[mitre_mouldmaster 21,511]

Just now, Bad Robot said:

2 - 5 is my guess 

Doubt we will ever know what the amount is.

Regardless they will get off lightly.

[Colin Traive 23,831]

As all the claims are being handled by the same firm, will every victim get the same?

If Thomson know that Victim A settled on £100,000, why would they allow Victim B to settle for less?

[BlueThunder 8,636]

So, this is for 20 victims, right? How many victims are there in total? FF saying this is an attempt to stop the class action suit but I’m not sure who is involved in that.

[mitre_mouldmaster 21,511]

1 minute ago, Colin Traive said:

As all the claims are being handled by the same firm, will every victim get the same?

If Thomson know that Victim A settled on £100,000, why would they allow Victim B to settle for less?

Each victim will have suffered differing levels of abuse, so presumably the ones that suffered the most will get the biggest share.

[Bad Robot 21,513]

2 minutes ago, BlueThunder said:

So, this is for 20 victims, right? How many victims are there in total? FF saying this is an attempt to stop the class action suit but I’m not sure who is involved in that.

Thompson Football Cases

Celtic

We currently represent around 25 clients who were abused whilst young players at either Celtic Plc or Celtic Boys Club.

There are two different ‘groups’ of cases. We have settled certain cases and also continue to pursue cases against Celtic Plc for clients who were abused by one of their employees, Jim McCafferty. McCafferty is a known, convicted paedophile who abused boys at various location and clubs throughout Scotland.

The second 'group' consists of a number of cases being contested by Celtic Plc. These have attracted significant media attention and involve clients who were abused by James/Jim Torbett or Francis/Frank Cairney whilst playing for Celtic Boys Club.

[TheKingObv 10,860]

34 minutes ago, ritchieshearercaldow said:

Prince Andrew and all the other wealthy peados and groomers who deny guilt  but pay up anyway 

Precedent in the legal sense doesn't exist for out of court settlements?

[KingKirk 26,466]

Ii think the scum could payout 20 million+ for them now it's no a penny pinching exercise it's about protecting their reputation. 

As has been said on FF by a poster thats clued up on this the scum know what evidence Thompsons has against them. 

Like he says I hope the victims dig in for their public apology 

[Colin Traive 23,831]

3 minutes ago, TheKingObv said:

Precedent in the legal sense doesn't exist for out of court settlements?

Prince Andrew is a social leper now despite never having been found guilty.

Organisations which had him as patron have all distanced themselves completely.

If this rancid club does exactly the same (“we did nothing wrong but here’s a cheque to make you fuck off”), then how will sponsors react?

Andrew is technically innocent but nobody wants to be associated with him in any way - why shouldn’t the scum be the same?

[J-Maestro 13,900]

7 minutes ago, Colin Traive said:

Prince Andrew is a social leper now despite never having been found guilty.

Organisations which had him as patron have all distanced themselves completely.

If this rancid club does exactly the same (“we did nothing wrong but here’s a cheque to make you fuck off”), then how will sponsors react?

Andrew is technically innocent but nobody wants to be associated with him in any way - why shouldn’t the scum be the same?

As he should be. Should be in jail.

[The Specky Forum Organiser 69,514]

The only way sponsors will care is if they are found guilty in court. 

[J-Maestro 13,900]

1 minute ago, The Specky Non Liar - Sometimes said:

The only way sponsors will care is if they are found guilty in court. 

Even then, I doubt they'll give a fuck.

[The Specky Forum Organiser 69,514]

1 minute ago, J-Maestro said:

Even then, I doubt they'll give a fuck.

Think some defitely would.

[J-Maestro 13,900]

Just now, The Specky Non Liar - Sometimes said:

Think some defitely would.

Did it affect Chelsea or Man City?

[MVRanger 2,871]

On 02/12/2022 at 23:18, MVRanger said:

When the inevitable happens and the "Separate Entity" defence gets crushed in court, that is when the Fat Jap will no doubt leap in to action to set the agenda with Rasellick also being portrayed as victims of these vile individuals. You can imagine his MSM placemen salivating at the prospect of depicting Lawell as a hero for settling out of court and sparing the victims further trauma. I really hope I'm wrong but given this poisonous little shit hole of a country, there is a good chance the Beasts ftom the East will wriggle off the hook.

 

 

 

All sadly predictable I'm afraid. You have to admit Lawell is good - dropping the news on the day of a CL match, the day after revealing record profits and when the UK media is side-tracked with Russell Brand. The story wasn't even mentioned on the national lunchtime news and got a few sentences on BBC Scotland.

 

 

[The Specky Forum Organiser 69,514]

4 minutes ago, J-Maestro said:

Did it affect Chelsea or Man City?

Chelsea settled and Man City were found not guilty?

[PromDeAnglais 6,740]

1 hour ago, Bad Robot said:

If they accept…

I'm guessing it'll now be a game of negotiating until the sum is unwise to reject. It's a shame it's not being held by the US courts as their compensation rules for admitting liability is pretty much limitless. UK courts are much more reserved. It'll cost them millions but not as much as a media frenzy and in potential sponsorships etc long term.

[BlueThunder 8,636]

40 minutes ago, KingKirk said:

Ii think the scum could payout 20 million+ for them now it's no a penny pinching exercise it's about protecting their reputation. 

As has been said on FF by a poster thats clued up on this the scum know what evidence Thompsons has against them. 

Like he says I hope the victims dig in for their public apology 

I doubt very much it’ll cost them £20m+. It will be in the order of a few million, say 100k each. I hope the victims get as much as they can, but the idea this will ruin the filth seems very unlikely. They may as you say offer more to make it go away quickly but I doubt it’ll be anywhere near £1m per person. This is based on guesswork and reading the other threads. I could of course be completely wrong.

The worst thing for the filth without doubt though is this going to trial. I guess we need to see what the victims think.

[Bad Robot 21,513]

I’ve been posting in both threads myself but we all should try stick to this thread for this subject: