Let's see how well this excerpt from Wade's first public announcement of his now 12-year running civil suit against the estate & MJ companies has aged.
(Spoiler: Not very well at all.)
Lauer asks: "Why didn't you go to the lawyers and do this quietly?"
Wade doesn't tell him that he did exactly that initially, but it didn't work: "They are filing the petition to file a civil suit today, in court. They feel very good about this all being done confidentially..."
Wade: "I've lived in silence & denial for 22 years & I can't spend another moment in that."
Wade was 22 in May 2005 where he had the most opportune chance to "speak my truths" in a criminal court of law. Where he credibly underwent 11 rounds of intense examination by both sides.
Wade: "That's one thing you'll never see from me. I'm never gonna go away with this for the sake of money."
But in court his attorneys have expressed an interest in mediation, as well as a desire to settle privately if the defense would concede, to "get on with [our] lives."
Wade and James would accept a settlement, with a current ask of $400M per court filings, to avoid "the stigma" of CSA.
But they voluntarily chose to make much of their lives revolve around it.
Including a "trauma" podcast, multiple TV specials, media tour interviewing & more.🤔
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