Poll of the Day > Parents of a Kid found DEAD in a GYM MAT must pay 300,000 for FALSE ACCUSATION!

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The Georgia Parents of 17 y/o Kendrick Johnson who was found dead in a SUSPICIOUS manner as he was found rolled up in a GYM MAT and accused students and faculty of covering up the murder and filed a lawsuit against them...but it was later thrown out by a judge because there was no proof and now they must pay $300,000 in LEGAL FEES to dozens of people they accused!!

Kendrick's body was found in a gymnasium by classmates at Lowndes High School in 2013 as the police concluded he died in a "freak accident" and stuck upside down and unable to breathe while trying to retrieve a "shoe" that fell inside the upright mat.

But his parents long insisted he was murdered and in 2015, Kenneth and Jacquelyn Johnson filed a lawsuit accusing 2 brothers of killing their son, who had been their schoolmate.

They said the brother's father is an FBI AGENT and acted in cahoots with the school superintendent and his daughters, as well as a former sheriff to roll up his body inside the mat to make it look like it was an accidental death.

The Johnsons eventually gave up and dropped the 100 million civil suit last year but the 39 defendants they had sued then asked the judge to order them to pay their lawyer fees and related costs of up to 850,000..however Superior Court Judge Richard Porter asked to look at their billings and instead said they needed to owe closer to 300,000 instead.

Porter said "Their testimony shows that they had no evidence to support their claims that the brothers killed Johnson or that any of their defendants engaged in a conspiracy to coneal the cause or manner of Johnson's death"

Brian and Branden Bell were the brothers accused of the incident as they were the last ones seen with him and have now been cleared as they ruled it an accident as Georgia allows parties owed money in legal judgements to seek garnishments of wages and bank accounts or to go after a debtors property.

Kendrick - Deceased

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/09/21/431DA84300000578-4776110-image-a-22_1502311178830.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/09/21/431DA83F00000578-4776110-image-m-26_1502311457025.jpg

His Parents -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/08/09/21/431D9C9700000578-4776110-image-a-16_1502311122874.jpg

The brothers accused -

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/24/15/2ACE975E00000578-3173474-image-a-17_1437749312313.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/24/15/2ACE96F300000578-3173474-image-m-12_1437748959739.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/24/15/2ACE96FB00000578-3173474-image-m-10_1437748943190.jpg
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Wow, ruined their lives by doing that.

They should pay.

It sucks hard balls that thier kid died but that doesn't give them an excuse to fly off the handle without evidence.

All they seem to have is a bunch of conspiracy theories.
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Looking to blame others for your own kids silly behaviour that ultimately killed him isn't the way to go. Fair, next.
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deserved
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So they got away with murder then cheat the parents out of money...? Wouldn't be surprised if the parents tried to take justice into their own hands.
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I remember seeing this on the news and thinking it was kind of odd how their son ended up dead inside of a rolled up tube.

But it isn't crazy to think that he got stuck there himself if the mat was upright.
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Isn't this sort of punishment only supposed to be doled out with malicious accusations? And not, you know, grieving parents who honestly believe their son was murdered?
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The accused brothers should be put away just for looking like douches, especially that last pic.

Zangulus posted...

Golden Road posted...

Isn't this sort of punishment only supposed to be doled out with malicious accusations? And not, you know, grieving parents who honestly believe their son was murdered?

Malicious accusations, but also negligent ones. It was deemed there was zero proof, and leveling accusations like that without a shred of evidence is tantamount to libel and slander.

If there had been even a possibility this was a murder they wouldn't have had to pay anything.

They people who were accused, had to et lawyers themselves and spend money defending themselves. They should be paid back. It is horribke and nakes the situaion worse, but it is whst it is.
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