I just had to LOL. In looking for the latest news, I came across this story. It's not the story that had me laughing. It's the name of the website. For a split second, I couldn't help wondering if Wink had gone so far as to create his own news site. LOL
Family of toddler who fell to her death off a cruise ship says Royal Caribbean provided a 'false narrative'
from the link:
“In fact, it would have been physically impossible for Mr. Anello to have had his head out of the window frame with his feet on the deck,” court papers say.
Anello would have “required much longer arms than he had” to hold Chloe out the window, Wiegand’s family attorney alleges.
The family’s lawsuit claims Anello lifted Chloe up onto the railing and held her as she leaned forward to bang on the glass. There was no glass pane and she slipped from Anello’s arms, falling 150 feet below to the pier, resulting in her death, the suit says.
Anello was not aware that some of the glass panes could be opened, the suit said.
Ok, this^^^ is a losing defense, in my opinion.
First, we have seen evidence to refute the claims, that it was 'physically impossible' for him to put his head outside the window, or reach his arms outside the window. There are pictures of other people doing so that are not taller than the defendant.
But the more. I think about it, that is not even the most crucial point.
If you watch the 'reenactment' set forth by Winkleman, you will see the man place the doll, over the guard rail, to stand up on the window ledge.
That, by itself, even if she wasn't placed outside the window, would be enough for a criminal neglect charge. Looking at the picture of her standing, precariously, upon a tiny window ledge, 11 stories up, is shocking to see.
And his excuse that he didn't know it opened is a losing defense too, imo. He kept saying ' I thought there was glass' over and over.
But there wasn't any glass in front of him at the time. So it doesn't matter that he thought there was. HE DIDNT CHECK.
If I run a stop sign and run over a child, I can scream until I am blue in the face -" I didn't see the stop sign" -----but it doesn't work as an excuse because I was wrong.
He didnt check to see if there was a glass barrier in front of him before propping that baby up in the window ledge. It doesn't matter what he 'thought' ---because he didn't check before placing his baby in that dangerous position.
Also, this statement is incorrect:
"The family’s lawsuit claims Anello lifted Chloe up onto the railing and held her as she leaned forward to bang on the glass. There was no glass pane and she slipped from Anello’s arms,..."
FALSE^^^^^^----they left out the part about him moving her from the rail to the window ledge. BIG DIFFERENCE between the 2.
In the reenactment they showed him putting her ion the window ledge. So why did they leave that out of this explanation?
