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Freddie Stubbs

(29,853 posts) Thu Jan 31, 2013, 04:14 PM Jan 2013

Court orders Brawley's wages garnished to pay restitution [View all]

Source: Poughkeepsie Journal

Notoriously known as the girl who cried rape, Tawana Brawley could finally have to pay the man she accused of horrific acts about 25 years ago, court records show.

A nurse working under the name Tawana V. Thompson Gutierrez, she owes $431,492, including interest, as part of a defamation lawsuit won by the man she accused, according to a court order to garnish her wages obtained by the Journal.

Brawley works at Laurels of Bon Air nursing home in Richmond, Va., the court records show.

After Brawley left Dutchess County, she allegedly changed her name and Social Security number to avoid paying $189,926 in a defamation lawsuit won by Steven Pagones in 1998, his lawyer, Garry Bolnick said.

Read more: http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20130131/NEWS01/130131013/Court-orders-Brawley-s-wages-garnished-pay-restitution

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Court orders Brawley's wages garnished to pay restitution [View all] Freddie Stubbs Jan 2013 OP

Personally, I think... RevStPatrick Jan 2013 #1

Hear, hear. 11cents Jan 2013 #3

He should pay the whole thing. former9thward Jan 2013 #4

I hope he pays it all. djg21 Feb 2013 #20

Doesn't Al Sharpton still defend this liar? Archae Jan 2013 #2

Yes, and of course he's really defending himself. 11cents Jan 2013 #5

Why the hell did it take 25 years for this poor guy to get any money? Good heavens. nt Nay Jan 2013 #6

Sharpton paid up in 2001 happyslug Jan 2013 #10

Sharpton didn't pay up--he passed a hat and Johnny Cochran and other people paid his judgment. nt msanthrope Jan 2013 #13

As far as the Law is Concerned that is the same thing happyslug Jan 2013 #15

You miss the point. The law may not care, and this particular judgment will be counted as income, msanthrope Jan 2013 #16

It didn't NoGOPZone Jan 2013 #14

This case is why Al Sharpton should never be considered credible ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #7

I wouldn't go that far myself. Even a stopped clock etc. etc. nomorenomore08 Jan 2013 #17

I remember very well what leftynyc Feb 2013 #22

She is working as an LPN and he expects her to pay??? happyslug Jan 2013 #8

Good! Should have happened years ago obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #9

What about the Duke Lacross debacle? nick of time Jan 2013 #11

Taking money from Republicans to run as a spoiler candidate in 2004 is another mark. msanthrope Jan 2013 #12

I give up...this site is filled with a group of nuts. No better than Red State or Free Republic. Tutonic Feb 2013 #18

I suspect if you lived here in NYC leftynyc Feb 2013 #23

Feel free to point out Le Taz Hot Feb 2013 #24

Sharpton's conduct was reprehensible. amandabeech Feb 2013 #19

No, she shouldn't be cleared in this. Xithras Feb 2013 #21

I did not know that she continued making the statements after she had "grown up." amandabeech Feb 2013 #26

The Tawana Brawley saga is why I can't make myself like Sharpton Progressive dog Feb 2013 #25