“Resolved” ????
THAT is what an attorney for Scott Lassiter is telling the drive-bys about their client’s alienation-of-affection complaint against Speaker Timmy. Sources close to Timmy — i.e., MOST of the drive-bys — are trying to paint this as a surrender by Mr. Lassiter.
Typically, with lawsuit settlements, there are non-disclosure agreements aimed at keeping the settlement details very hush-hush. Especially when one or both parties to the complaint are high-profile. No one has to publicly admit wrong-doing.
Drive-by media reports had indicated Mr. Lassiter was seeking $200,000 from Timmy.
But there are a few details that make you — like Arsenio Hall — say ‘Hmmmmmm.’ The fact that this story gets leaked to the drive-bys the day before July 4th is interesting. A lot of people are off work 
and on the move with vacations. There’s likely not a lot of attention on the news. The middle of a long holiday weekend is a great time — like any given Friday — to release unflattering news.
It’s also interesting that Mr. Lassiter’s attorney was the one to comment to the press. If the settlement was favorable to Speaker Timmy, his folks would have likely been crowing all over the place.
It’s unfortunate that we likely won’t get a probe of the allegations made in the complaint – electronic eavesdropping, trespassing, wife-stealing, an official using government power for an illicit end.
How much faith can we have in the man from Kings Mountain with these things still hanging out there unanswered?
Are there ANY state Republicans out there still proud to have this guy out there as a party leader? Anyone? (Bueller?)
What about you folks in Kings Mountain and Cleveland County? Have y’all been sufficiently embarrassed yet?
It’s not like this has been a one-off for Timmy. There’s a history.
It is interesting to note that Timmy has his Twitter feed protected. Only confirmed followers have access to @speakermoore’s tweets. And according to his Twitter profile Timmy has 0 followers. As always, the well-connected seem to think that money makes things just go away.
A settlement that quick was likely to have been VERY expensive to the defendant, but the amount is always protected by non-disclosure agreements. The defedant Tim Moore got to avoid having to answer questions under oath in discovery.
At the federal level there is a federal fund to pay off such claims. I wonder if any state money was tapped for this one?
Mrs. Lassiter is left with nothing but a ruined reputation. If she had been smart, she could have gotten in on the payday from Timmy by claiming sexual harassment. With the allegations of group sex at Timmy’s pad, one wonders if any more bimbos will come out, and if they will be smart enough to shake the money tree of sexual harassment?
Then there is the enormous salary increases Mrs. Lassiter had showered upon her during the affair. Part of the time, the agency she worked for was Democrat controlled, but Timmy does deals with Democrats all the time. If these were done with verbal wink-wink agreements, there is probably no paper trail, but I wonder if anyone has searched the special provisions of the state budget dealing with the Administrative Office of the Courts to look to see if there is a paper trail to be found?
Tillis was worthy of a censure by party organizations, and I would suggest that Timmy is, too. And not just for failing to keep it in his pants. Timmy has a long history, like Tillis, or selling out Republicans on major policy issues. Like Tillis, Timmy is an embarassment to the Republican Party.