The courts are full of frivolous lawsuits and crazy claims of all types. People spin the truth or straight lie all the time in court proceedings from divorce to business cases. And it is well known that filing first gives you a psychological advantage. So Rossi could have simply anticipated he would be sued so he sued first. The fact he filed first is not the proof of anything. Giovanni
On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 11:11 AM, a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote: > Jed, > It is you who is missing my point. Show me one case where the fraudster > took his victim to court. > That is the last thing a fraudster would want to do, to have all the facts > come out IN COURT. > > AA > . > > On 2/2/2017 8:32 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > > a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't recall either of them taking their victims to court. >> It was the other way around. >> > > Your analysis is too narrow. You are missing the point. The point is, > people such as Madoff and Rossi have enormous chutzpah, and they are > reckless. They will say or do anything. They assume they will always find a > way to win out. Rossi must have thought he could blazon his way through and > demand money from IH. He thought they would fold, and pay something, if not > the full amount. > > The specifics details about whether Madoff was sued or Rossi filed suit is > not at all what I am getting at. The key thing is, these people will do or > say anything, even filing a lawsuit they cannot win. > > - Jed > > >
