All this Super Injunction stuff.

[Sluffy]

I'm not really in to Twitter, Facebook, and other sorts of 'social media' - not really into texting either - I'm of the old school that if I want to speak to someone, then I either go to see them or phone them up - but even I can't 'avoid' not stumbling on the name of the footballer involved with the girl from Big Brother.

Anyway apparently the Sunday Herald as published this today. -




If anyone is interested, the following link apparently lists some other injunction story's which have set the Twitter world into tweeting meltdown - or whatever the youngsters say these days (you need to copy and paste all of the link into that bar thing you have at the top of your screen page)

http://twitter.com/#!/injunctionsuper


Just to be on the safe side however - please don't post on the forum the actual names of these people - thank you.

[Le God]

lol - nice front page.

[267]

It's George Best, he clearly goosed Imogen Thomas in a seance.

[DaveBWFC]

I heard his name is Bryan or something and it happened after a gigg.

[ReebokTrotter]

What right does any celebrity have to prevent investigative journalists from exposing their indiscretions ? The whole thing stinks. The law is there for all and not just the rich and famous who can afford to hire expensive lawyers to hide their behaviour from the public.

[Natasha Whittam]

What right does any celebrity have to prevent investigative journalists from exposing their indiscretions ? The whole thing stinks. The law is there for all and not just the rich and famous who can afford to hire expensive lawyers to hide their behaviour from the public.

Utter bollocks. I currently have a super injunction in place after a night of madness involving a pineapple, a Great Dane and the tall one from the Chuckle Brothers. Without it my good name would be fcuked.

[ReebokTrotter]

Utter bollocks. I currently have a super injunction in place after a night of madness involving a pineapple, a Great Dane and the tall one from the Chuckle Brothers. Without it my good name would be fcuked.

It's the bit about the tall one of the Chuckle Brothers that worries me.

[Jamster26]

Would have been nice if they waited until after the Champions League final but hey, maybe Fergie can use it to create a seige mentality towards winning the old Big Ears again, who knows.

Still, given that they are a Scottish paper and the Scottish law system is different to that in England, does that mean they will get in trouble? Or will the differences in the legal systems be enough to save them?

[DaveBWFC]

Would have been nice if they waited until after the Champions League final

Why?

fwiw I couldn't give a fúck who any dmb is fúcking and wonder why stories like this should be in the news.

[Sluffy]

It's all about image rights and the millions of pounds from lost earnings that the footballers are trying to protect.

Do people think players from non top Premier Clubs don't have affairs - course they do - but they don't have advertising contracts with multinational companies that may be lost because of their less than 'wholesome' image that they are trying to preserve.


If there was no potential loss of big money involved there would be no need for these super injunctions.

[DaveBWFC]

If the person in question had just let the original story come out at the time it wouldn't have become the major story it is now imo. People would be talking about somebody else by now.

[Jamster26]

Why?

I've no idea, to be honest. Not sure why I said that.

[ReebokTrotter]

It's all about image rights and the millions of pounds from lost earnings that the footballers are trying to protect.

Do people think players from non top Premier Clubs don't have affairs - course they do - but they don't have advertising contracts with multinational companies that may be lost because of their less than 'wholesome' image that they are trying to preserve.


If there was no potential loss of big money involved there would be no need for these super injunctions.

Sluffy is quite correct. Sponsorship and endorsements for some of the ' big stars ' runs into millions. The likes of Nike cannot afford to have their wholesome image tarnished by sordid tales of extra mural activities. That's why they ditched Tiger Woods quicker than you can say Gary Glitter.

[Sluffy]

Well it gets sillier and sillier -

Ryan Giggs named by MP as injunction footballer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13503847

BUT this is what the court said today -

In court, Mr Justice Eady rejected a fresh application by Sun publisher News Group Newspapers to discharge the privacy injunction.

The judge said: "The court's duty remains to try and protect the claimant, and particularly his family, from intrusion and harassment so long as it can."

On Sunday, a Scottish paper named Mr Giggs as being the footballer identified on Twitter.



So everybody KNOWS who he is but we just can't say it!

 


Anyway another footballer another injunction!

A Times journalist called Giles Coren tweeted this about another footballer -

"god, ANOTHER injunction tonight. another footballer. and SUCH a boring one. fcuking shíte midfielder... he's yet another very ugly married man who's been carrying on with a gold-digging flopsie he should have seen coming a MILE away...". Then on 14 May he tweeted "Gareth Barry looks remarkably relaxed when you consider that... first touch for gareth barry... not according to what i've heard... time for a bet. what chance Barry to score? tiny fiver on barry to score at 22-1. wdv been nice to get a double with giggs in the match before.. Barry's been pulled off...".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giles_Coren

Ok the sources is wiki  - so its up to you if you believe it.

BUT this is what the papers are saying today! -

Journalist could be jailed over Twitter comments about injunctions
A journalist at The Times newspaper is facing a possible prison sentence after using Twitter to name a footballer granted an injunction.

The journalist allegedly made a series of jokes about the player just hours after the High Court granted him a gagging order to prevent another newspaper revealing details of an extramarital affair.

Yesterday, the offending Tweets had been removed from his page, but lawyers acting for the footballer – who is an England international – have successfully applied for the case to be referred to the Attorney General.

If the journalist is found to have deliberately flouted the injunction, he could be found in contempt of court, meaning he could be fined, have his assets seized or even jailed.

It is understood to be the first time a case involving a breach of an injunction on a social networking site has been referred to the Attorney General.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/8530076/Journalist-could-be-jailed-over-Twitter-comments-about-injunctions.html

It's all a fecking joke, it really is!


Anyway this is the young woman involved allegedly -

[ReebokTrotter]

What an unwholesome looking trout. Couldn't he afford a proper hooker ? If I didn't know any better I would say it was a Ladyboy Shemale.

[H. Pedersen]

If the person in question had just let the original story come out at the time it wouldn't have become the major story it is now imo. People would be talking about somebody else by now.

True.  It's known as the "Streisand Effect."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streissand_effect

[H. Pedersen]

Anyway, I find this all just diabolical.  If you don't want news to break that you've cheated on your wife, then keep it in your pants.  Do these "super injunctions" ever work?  Do they ever do anything other than make the player involved look like a cheater AND a spoiled rich brat?

[Natasha Whittam]

Do these "super injunctions" ever work?  Do they ever do anything other than make the player involved look like a cheater AND a spoiled rich brat?

There's nothing wrong with being a spoiled rich brat.

[H. Pedersen]

If, as

There's nothing wrong with being a spoiled rich brat.

If, as Sluffy says, these injunctions are put in place to protect the footballers' endorsement deals, then "spoiled rich brat" doesn't play well to the fans.  "Buy my shirt so I can use your money to suppress your right to free speech."

[ReebokTrotter]

Now that the shíte has hit the fan I bet he doesn't get a penny back from the lawyers. Must have cost him a tidy packet so far. One of the greatest ever players to grace the Premier League. A joy to watch in full flight. At the end of the day he is only made of flesh and blood, the same as the rest of us. To err is to be human. He should have held his hands up straight away as soon as the Welsh Slapper threatened to dish the dirt. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

[Diana Prince]

He should have held his hands up straight away as soon as the Welsh Slapper threatened to dish the dirt. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

But the point is she didn't. People seem to be missing this point. Don't let the facts get in the way of a misogynist rant though.

[DaveBWFC]

A joy to watch in full flight.

You deserve to have your fingers cut off for typing that.

[ReebokTrotter]

I admire skilful footballers whoever they play for.

I am not a misogynist. Nor was it a rant. I remember young Imogen on Big Brother. Bonny girl but not not much upstairs. A bit like Catherine Zeta before she married Michael Douglas. I suspect both Welsh lassies have always harboured a penchant for older men. Ah...... bless em.

[Diana Prince]

I am not a misogynist. Nor was it a rant. I remember young Imogen on Big Brother. Bonny girl but not not much upstairs. A bit like Catherine Zeta before she married Michael Douglas. I suspect both Welsh lassies have always harboured a penchant for older men. Ah...... bless em.

But you accused her of touting the story which was not the case.
Watching Big Brother is nothing to be proud of my the way.

[ReebokTrotter]

Diana, Chill out. Look at the facts. If our Imogen hadn't threatened to spill the beans why would our Welsh stallion have felt the need to hide behind an injunction ?  Telling someone that you are toying with the idea of speaking to Max Clifford is a Fait acompli. There is no going back. The deed is done.