Veitch sentenced

[Skyryder]

Did she pay back the money once she hadn't 'kept her mouth shut'.

I have no idea but in most cases confidentialty applies to both parties. Who spoke to the media first??


Skyryder

[FJRider]

Did she pay back the money once she hadn't 'kept her mouth shut'.

"Gifts" need not be returned...

[FJRider]

OMG. Will this lame story ever end?

-Indy

only when all will get bored with it....

[trustme]

Gift ??? Sounded more like blackmail or extertion. Claim of 127K then gets bumped to 150k, claim not made until way after the event & right before he got married. Like his lawyer said , this guy got set for it. The plea bargain happened because there was going to be substantial collateral damage to both sides, & both the prosecution & the defense knew it.

[FJRider]

Gift ??? Sounded more like blackmail or extertion. Claim of 127K then gets bumped to 150k, claim not made until way after the event & right before he got married. Like his lawyer said , this guy got set for it. The plea bargain happened because there was going to be substantial collateral damage to both sides, & both the prosecution & the defense knew it.

I would have said EXTORTION....

[ital916]

That's to be expected.

Stopping in Ngaruawahia would be enough to make me contemplate suicide!

This man has had his comeuppence, now he is trying to kill himself, even if it is a cry for attention it still cannot be ignored. As much as he is a "stale wank stain" I cannot believe the disdain and pure disgust of some of the ways in which you people are viewing this.

Fine then, I guess if anyone here tries to kill themselves let us know so we can pull up some lounge chairs and watch ya have a go...if its such a funny topic.

Yes he can be a cock, but his ex can be a bitch. This entire saga is an excersice in stupidity and the demonstration of the new zealand publics bloodlust when it comes to hanging drawing and quatering people for entertainment. Might as well build a bloody colleseum in auckland and bring back the games.

[trustme]

Yup that's the bugger

[Hitcher]

I see Veitch is now going with Plan B -- elicit public sympathy for being "suicidal" and also endeavour to get Susan Devoy and Dave Curry to curtail their legal challenges.

Dear me. How many people do you know who have The Sunday Star Times and The Herald On Sunday on their cellphone speed dial?

It's about time Veitch gave up this celebrity nonsense and retrained for a career in accountancy or IT.

[dipshit]

He's our little vision of OJ Simpson.

[ital916]

I see Veitch is now going with Plan B -- elicit public sympathy for being "suicidal" and also endeavour to get Susan Devoy and Dave Curry to curtail their legal challenges.

Dear me. How many people do you know have The Sunday Star Times and The Herald On Sunday on their cellphone speed dial?

It's about time Veitch gave up this celebrity nonsense and retrained for a career in accountancy or IT.

If I was a commentator/reporter I would have all major newspapers on speed dial.

[Hitcher]

If I was a commentator/reporter I would have all major newspapers on speed dial.

Seriously? Why? They would be your opposition.

[ital916]

Seriously? Why? They would be your opposition.

Sometimes the best sources of information comes from ones opposition.

[mynameis]

What is it five or six attempts? His so called sucicides have found him alive even after he has been missing for hours. And he takes his cell phone with him and starts useing it.................want more? If the family belived that he was serious they would have him under proper care...........but the way he came out swinging the other day towards the media sure as hell did not look like this guy was serious. That for me was the kicker. He could not get infront of the cameras fast enough. He was positvely brimming with revenge.

Hardly the actions of a someone who wants to top themselves. This latest attempt is nothing more than a sham to deflect criticism from him because of the doctored references.


Skyryder

Get your facts right, not 5 or 6 attempts and no one can have total control over him 24/7.

If A doesn't stack up B doesn't automatically become the answer, if it's not white it doesn't mean it's black.

That's something a lot of people unfortunately don't grasp well.

Swinging at the media? Perhaps he has a valid reason for that, they published stories without gathering the facts right.

Count me in then. The guy's an arsehole. Happy to court the media when it suits him, then crys foul when it doesn't.

Bollocks.

Veitch is reviled for kicking a woman when she is down,
I guess you guys can kick him when he's down because you occupy the moral high ground . Yeah right !!

Yeap, some people cannot look beyond their noses.

Although the enemy, they actually summed it up well....

But I agree with the Harold on this one. VEITCH himself says it is "so intolerable to have to wait for 2 more years to have his day in court" or words to this effect, and of how devestating and destroying the whole saga has been.... yet he is completely willing to do it all again by sueing the media over the coverage, which will drag on for.... ummm.. a couple of years or so?????? He needs to let it go and get himself all sorted.

Maybe his way of dealing with this is different to what others may think/do.

[Maki]

It is always hard when you love to get media attention and you also hate it. If Vietch honestly wants to "put all this behind him" he should STOP talking to the media and stop looking at the media and devote his energy to something constructive like living his life and perhaps travelling the world.

Wanting something, and not wanting it at the same time is never easy...

Consider the following story and it's implications...

"The "South Indian Monkey Trap" was developed by villagers to catch the ever-present and numerous small monkeys in that part of the world. It involves a hollowed-out coconut chained to a stake. The coconut has some rice inside which can be seen through a small hole. The hole is just big enough so that the monkey can put his hand in, but too small for his fist to come out after he has grabbed the rice.

Tempted by the rice, the monkey reaches in and is suddenly trapped. He is not able to see that it is his own fist that traps him, his own desire for the rice. He rigidly holds on to the rice, because he values it. He cannot let go and by doing so retain his freedom. So the trap works and the villagers capture him."

Are you clinging to something or someone in your life that you would be better off letting go of?

[James Deuce]

I can't believe the number of people in this thread who support the notion that if a woman is a "bitch" she deserves to be put in hospital.

NZ's incredibly bad domestic violence record is obviously the result of a sick culture, and we're in a worse state than I thought. There are Women's Refuges all over the country full of "bitches", kids beaten to within and inch of their life (and sometimes beyond) because they're naughty.

I disagreed with the anti-smacking bill purely on the grounds that the average NZer didn't need Government legislation to dictate their behaviour toward anyone.

I was wrong.

There's enough people in this thread sticking up for a violent, convicted, "wife" basher for me to do a 180 degree turn on that. It's not kicking him when he's down. Most people not sticking up for the ex-TV presenter are just stunned that being a "celebrity" nets you a 50/50 split in public opinion about whether you're an OK guy or not, when the X-rays speak for themselves.

Just so we're clear, it is not OK to assault someone because they piss you off.