Meg Whitman's son was arrested for breaking a woman's ankle

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Meg Whitman's son was arrested for breaking a woman's ankle

http://www.salon.com/news/meg_whitman/index.html?story=/politics/war_room/2010/06/16/whitman_son_attack

By Alex Pareene

Meg Whitman's eldest son is named Griffith Rutherford Harsh V. in 2006, when he was 21, he was arrested on felony battery charges after he broke a woman's ankle at a bar in Palo Alto.

According to police and court records unearthed by Gawker, the fight happened when 22-year-old Valerie Sanchez said "fuck your fraternity" to Griff and knocked his hat off his head. Later, according to Sanchez:

Griff "pushed" her "with two open hands on her chest and shoulder area." She fell down and felt her right ankle "snap." A nearby security guard witnessed the event and corroborated Valerie's version of the events.

Whitman bailed him out (with a $25,000 cashier's check) and, a year later, charges were dismissed. No one is willing or able to explain why. This seems perhaps more serious than shoving someone over a Second Life dispute.

(Younger Whitman son Will Harsh is notable primarily for the time he used the "n-word.")

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Ah, the fruit doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?

Didn't she shove an employee?

I think I remember reading this.

Good grief.

I think California deserves better.

K&R

[Enrique]

2. Griffith Rutherford the fifth?

you name your kid Griffith Rutherford V, you're dooming him to become an asshole frat boy.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

3. It's like two times as bad as "Thurston Howell III."

:rofl:

:toast:

[K8-EEE]

7. and "HARSH?"

that's just, well....harsh!

[K8-EEE]

4. Yeah I can't wait to hear her GOP schpeil railing against "the elitists!"

As I was telling my boy Griffith Rutherford the Fifth when he was backing out the yacht, I do SO hate elitists.

[era veteran]

13. Wasn't Rutherford Lumpys' name

[newtothegame]

5. Which office is he running for? nt

[bigwillq]

10. ....

:thumbsup:

[CurtEastPoint]

6. Here's Mom and the apple of her eye

[RZM]

8. I guess this is mildly interesting on the gossipy level

But it's neither here nor there when it comes to Whitman's politics. Parents shouldn't have to answer for the conduct of adult children nor should children have to answer for the conduct of their parents. If evidence emerges that she did something shady to get the charges dismissed, that would be another thing, but I don't see anything like that here -- charges get dismissed (or not even filed in the first place) all of the time.

[Seneca]

9. Yeah, whatever

Me, I like going after these scumfuckers with everything we've got, just like they do to us. That "higher moral ground" shit just gets sand kicked in our faces. It's politics. Blood sport. No mercy.

[oldlib]

12. I agree..No Mercy

This right-wing nut running for Governor and her off springs are elitists, offering no consideration for the little people. Sock it to em'.

[bigwillq]

11. Hopefully the kid gets the help he needs.

Good luck to him.