Dave King’s legacy ?

Oh I see. I wasn’t aware there were offences undertaken on US soil.

I’d imagine that would be very difficult to prove. Wonder if any US lawyers have taken the case up

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comment by Zachsda(F.G.M., Cut it out) (U1850)
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The meltdown over the Adidas deal is good to see.

They believe the child abuse cases should bankrupt us, not bring in £30 million in a kit deal whilst they fight it out for Donnay or Macron.

Hell mend them when they really hit rock bottom.
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Stupid stupid people.

Unfortunately payouts for child abuse are very low averaging £10-12k ore case. Someone mentioned the recent one where a “substantial award” was made against Celtic but no value mentioned. Even at say £50k the total payout for 30 kids would “only” amount to some £1.5m.

Obviously I don’t know how many were involved but nonetheless we aren’t talking ridiculous monies.
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That's why they have taken it to the US...one of their leaders is in regular contact with the police chief in Kearney, New Jersey and the local media.
They're wondering why not much has happened in the past three years.
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Who has taken it to the US? It’s a crime committed in the U.K. and perpetrated by U.K. citizens on U.K. victims. You can’t just lift it and ask for it to be tried in America.

Why not in Singapore and ask for the death penalty?
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Alleged incidents on a boys club tour to the US.
Their logic is that, as the offences happened on US soil, the US authorities will take an interest and open Celtic up to Penn State type claims.
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There's also a school of thought that if a business has any part of it's business in the States it can be deemed as having an American Wing.
If aggrieved folk are suingfor past indiscretionsTo be honest i'd rather we won the league cos we were decent at football
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That's the case any something may come of it. But Celtic doesn't have a business in the US...the boys club went on a trip there.
Don't get me wrong, I believe that offences probably took place there and I want the perpetrators to account for it but they can get justice here and if we're not sending Prince Andrew over, we probably won't be sending anyone over.

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comment by NNH (U10730)
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The lawyer who was constantly in the papers was nothing more than an ambulance chaser and has been quiet for the past 2 months for a reason.

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I'm not fully convinced by the separate entity argument but it might hold up in court.
The main arguments he put in the papers for CFC being responsible were-

The Celtic View often covered the Boys Club
Celtic Managers suggested that the Boys Club was important to the club or even part of the club.
Jimmy Saville was at a Celtic game and met directors on other occasions.

Then last week, Alex Thompson's main argument seemed to be that Jock Stein and Bob Kelly gave a young player a lift to a Boys Club match when he was late and the same person, now an adult Rangers fan connected to the FF lot believes that CFC and CBC were one and the same.

They may well be the same but anyone who believes that any of the above is conclusive isn't being rational.

Like I said, I'm not denying anything and I'm fully convinced that people at the club were aware but that doesn't mean that I'm not very cynical about some of what's going on.

comment by Zachsda(F.G.M., Cut it out) (U1850)
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I’m not putting it forward I just read it somewhere
As many have said if this happened and there’s a price to pay I hardly think it’ll sink Celtic as a club so the zoomers seem to be aiming too high on this issue
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They know it won't sink them. But acting like it should or could will allow them something to cling to afterwards should it ever get fully settled / resolved.

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I’m not putting it forward I just read it somewhere
As many have said if this happened and there’s a price to pay I hardly think it’ll sink Celtic as a club so the zoomers seem to be aiming too high on this issue
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There's also the relatively new legal position that as CFC benefitted from CBC then they would have a liability. I don't know the detail on that but it seems complex and, whilst Celtic were the prime beneficiaries of players from CBC, they weren't the only ones. Many clubs in Scotland and elsewhere benefitted.

Im not quite sure why victims haven't/don't just go to the police and get the bastirts jailed...including everyone who covered up. Probably more useful that going on FF or C4.

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I’m not putting it forward I just read it somewhere
As many have said if this happened and there’s a price to pay I hardly think it’ll sink Celtic as a club so the zoomers seem to be aiming too high on this issue
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There's also the relatively new legal position that as CFC benefitted from CBC then they would have a liability. I don't know the detail on that but it seems complex and, whilst Celtic were the prime beneficiaries of players from CBC, they weren't the only ones. Many clubs in Scotland and elsewhere benefitted.

Im not quite sure why victims haven't/don't just go to the police and get the bastirts jailed...including everyone who covered up. Probably more useful that going on FF or C4.
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I’m a tad confused as to why there hasn’t been a mass legal thing
I know there’s been the high profile ones but
I don’t see who wins
I know our society measures a lot by money so that is the compensation of choice but it doesn’t make it not have happened

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I'd take money if I could get it.
FFS you wanted to use the Charity Match money as a ménage

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