Alvin Kamara pleads no contest to lesser misdemeanor charge, jury trial is cancelled; civil suit also settled on confidential terms

bouxdag said

I mean, that's all well and good.

But I'm not sure how you can argue that Kamara getting a plea deal at the same time his civil suit gets settled for "confidential" terms....isn't overwhelmingly likely that it's a case of a rich guy paying off the victim.

I would say, based on what you're saying, the civil suit might not have been for as much as most assume.

And for the record, I'm not saying I care about the "victim" at all. Just saying, I think it's overwhelmingly likely he got paid.

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All victims of illegal battery have a right to sue the person that battered them. I doubt this victim got some wild and crazy settlement because personal injury damages at trial are based on the injury and the treatment, not how much money the defendant has. I don't know what this particular victim's injuries and medical treatment was, but it's not million dollar case unless he has some kind of permanent injury from it (I don't think he does but I don't know).

If the DA wants to know that the victim is compensated and will consent to a plea, that gives the victim some leverage and I suspect he got a nice settlement - but we're not talking seven figures or anything like that.

But yes, it completely makes sense that these things would be coordinated. The DA doesn't have to have the victim's consent to take a plea - it just makes sense when everyone agrees to the same result.