Sentences with phrase «settling out of guilt»
One example of settling out of guilt involves a husband who has been having an affair.
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Kobe Bryant was given a standing ovation despite facing a sex - assault charge in 2003 (which was dropped after the accuser refused to testify — a civil case was later settled out of court with Bryant apologising to the plaintiff without admitting guilt).
The admissibility of the terms of an extra-territorial settlement, and its potential weight at authorization and on the merits, risks scaring Respondents away from settling, out of a concern that they are somehow admitting a certain guilt.
The initial recent court proceeding, of which I was a material witness / party, has resulted thus far in the judge, after a full day of in court proceedings, seemingly accepting the guilt of the defendant by way of suggesting the parties again privately engage in negotiating how much the defendant should pay the plaintiff over and above a previous (pre trial) defendant - offered amount to settle out of court.