Top Gear producer to sue Clarkson
Discussion
MW-M5 said:
I also assume he is actually Irish. If so it is worrying you can now sue someone for calling you your nationality followed by a rude word.
Back to the incident, Clarkson was obviously in the wrong but what sort of man goes to the hospital with a split lip...Seriously FFS.
I agree.Back to the incident, Clarkson was obviously in the wrong but what sort of man goes to the hospital with a split lip...Seriously FFS.
Funny this has come to light within a month or two of the new TV deal being announced......
How many times has a punch up ended up with a warning / caution?
They're grown men, Oisin needs to grow up and move past it. He's not feeling any pain or torment from the situation at all.
CHA CHING.
Driver101 said:
He's sat on this for a while.
Did he ever press charges for assualt? I thought he said he didn't want to to do that?
So he's not wanting a criminal conviction, just financial compensation?
He worked ontop gear. As a direct result of someones physical actions against him, the programme he works for has been cancelled and he isnt working, therefore not earning??? The bbc doesnt have any other motoring tv shows he could work onDid he ever press charges for assualt? I thought he said he didn't want to to do that?
So he's not wanting a criminal conviction, just financial compensation?
matrignano said:
Breadvan72 said:
portmanteau
Love it when people use fancy terms but don't know what they mean or in what context they should be used.xjay1337 said:
I agree.
Funny this has come to light within a month or two of the new TV deal being announced......
How many times has a punch up ended up with a warning / caution?
They're grown men, Oisin needs to grow up and move past it. He's not feeling any pain or torment from the situation at all.
CHA CHING.
The BBC are saying The case centres on "verbal abuse" that accompanied a physical attack during which Clarkson struck Tymon in March.Funny this has come to light within a month or two of the new TV deal being announced......
How many times has a punch up ended up with a warning / caution?
They're grown men, Oisin needs to grow up and move past it. He's not feeling any pain or torment from the situation at all.
CHA CHING.
Acas outlines Bullying and Harassment:
Examples of bullying / harassing behaviour could include:
spreading malicious rumours, or insulting someone
exclusion or victimisation
unfair treatment
deliberately undermining a competent worker by constant criticism
http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1864
It will be interesting to see the outcome
xjay1337 said:
They're grown men, Oisin needs to grow up and move past it. He's not feeling any pain or torment from the situation at all.
CHA CHING.
Personally I think he deserves a pretty big pay-off from Clarkson. He kept quiet and didn't make much of a fuss at the time. He let it blow over and gave Clarkson the luxury of finding new work without the looming presence of a court case that could genuinely have lead to a criminal conviction. Amazon and other potential employers would then would have had a much trickier PR situation on their hands that could ultimately have lead to Clarkson failing to get a deal at all so quickly let alone something so lucrative.
If Clarkson has any sense (in my humble opinion) he will offer the producer a pretty hefty sum to settle immediately out of court.
williamp said:
He worked ontop gear. As a direct result of someones physical actions against him, the programme he works for has been cancelled and he isnt working, therefore not earning??? The bbc doesnt have any other motoring tv shows he could work on
Top Gear hasn't been cancelled. At least one new series is being planned. Can't he work on that?Either way, I doubt that he was punched because he's Irish. Clarkson blamed a man who is Irish, not because he's Irish.
PGNCerbera said:
What a complete fking wet lettuce. Pathetic if that is true.
Given the guy was not a star, had had no time in the spotlight at all and was suddenly the target of a endless vitriol from hundreds of thousands of 'fans' online for something that was far from his fault, it really isn't that odd that he'd be suffering with some kind of psychological trauma.He was pinned as the guy who took down the BBCs most popular show and faced such unbelievable levels hate. It was insane. If I were in BBC management I would have enforced time off and counselling for the guy. This is in my opinion likely to be what actually has happened. Aside from the help it will give him, it also goes some way to removing the burden of future psychological issues the guy may face down the line from the BBC.
This is not about his split lip!!
Breadvan72 said:
matrignano said:
Breadvan72 said:
portmanteau
Love it when people use fancy terms but don't know what they mean or in what context they should be used.Portmanteau is modernly used to describe where two words are joined together to form one new word, like labradoodle, from Labrador Retriever and Poodle.
'Race discrimination is an (inaccurate) portmanteau term ' makes no sense... unless I'm missing something.
Freddy88FM said:
Given the guy was not a star, had had no time in the spotlight at all and was suddenly the target of a endless vitriol from hundreds of thousands of 'fans' online for something that was far from his fault, it really isn't that odd that he'd be suffering with some kind of psychological trauma.
He was pinned as the guy who took down the BBCs most popular show and faced such unbelievable levels hate. It was insane. If I were in BBC management I would have enforced time off and counselling for the guy. This is in my opinion likely to be what actually has happened. Aside from the help it will give him, it also goes some way to removing the burden of future psychological issues the guy may face down the line from the BBC.
This is not about his split lip!!
I agree with you. This is the side I'm on.He was pinned as the guy who took down the BBCs most popular show and faced such unbelievable levels hate. It was insane. If I were in BBC management I would have enforced time off and counselling for the guy. This is in my opinion likely to be what actually has happened. Aside from the help it will give him, it also goes some way to removing the burden of future psychological issues the guy may face down the line from the BBC.
This is not about his split lip!!
The race thing is also not that relevant.
xjay1337 said:
They're grown men, Oisin needs to grow up and move past it. He's not feeling any pain or torment from the situation at all.
Really? Is his name not tarnished and this is what he be famous for for most of his days. I can imagine any stranger who hears his name and makes the connection will have a snigger to themselves leaving him self concious. Just countering your point that he can get on with his life with no bother / lasting impact
Off sick, he got punched by Clarkson, an out of shape, 50 odd year old, chain smoking Rose Wine drinker, not Floyd Mayweather ffs.
I am not "hard", but neither am I a soft touch, I would like to think if he had punched me, I would not care who it was but I would have smacked him one back, then I would go back to work, the following day, with a tale to tell.
I am not "hard", but neither am I a soft touch, I would like to think if he had punched me, I would not care who it was but I would have smacked him one back, then I would go back to work, the following day, with a tale to tell.
Jimmy Recard said:
Freddy88FM said:
Given the guy was not a star, had had no time in the spotlight at all and was suddenly the target of a endless vitriol from hundreds of thousands of 'fans' online for something that was far from his fault, it really isn't that odd that he'd be suffering with some kind of psychological trauma.
He was pinned as the guy who took down the BBCs most popular show and faced such unbelievable levels hate. It was insane. If I were in BBC management I would have enforced time off and counselling for the guy. This is in my opinion likely to be what actually has happened. Aside from the help it will give him, it also goes some way to removing the burden of future psychological issues the guy may face down the line from the BBC.
This is not about his split lip!!
I agree with you. This is the side I'm on.He was pinned as the guy who took down the BBCs most popular show and faced such unbelievable levels hate. It was insane. If I were in BBC management I would have enforced time off and counselling for the guy. This is in my opinion likely to be what actually has happened. Aside from the help it will give him, it also goes some way to removing the burden of future psychological issues the guy may face down the line from the BBC.
This is not about his split lip!!
The race thing is also not that relevant.
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