Hold the presses: no lawsuit for Semenya
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So it turns out the rumors around Caster Semenya are still based on things that very loosely resemble facts. Semenya has no intention of suing either the ASA or IAAF. She has retained a lawyer--the same firm that represented Oscar Pistorius in battle against the IAAF to run in able-bodied events with is cheetah legs. But the lawyers are there to help with what whatever issues arise from the continued inquisition over Semenya's gender.
I am kind of disappointed.
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AnnGaff
So did the press just make up quotes from the law firm representing her??
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 at 2:14pm EST
ken
I don't know exactly what happened. She did retain those lawyers but not, apparently, for the purpose of suing. I am having some issues with the Australian and New Zealand media these days. I should have been more wary given that the Australian press set off this firestorm at the Worlds to begin with. Maybe someone made assumptions about what it meant that she was retaining legal counsel. Maybe someone who was not informed or in a position at the law firm to speak, did. Who knows.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 8:17am EST
AnnGaff
If those stories of her suing were fabricated, the press reporting them has stooped to a new low. Did they make up the $120 million number?? I can find no quotes or references cited that verify they were going to sue for this much. Amazing they would make that up.
At any rate, I'm glad she has retained legal counsel. The question is, what WILL they do?
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 4:10pm EST
ken
Very sketchy coverage indeed. I think the real question is not what the lawyers are going to do but what the IAAF is going to do! This story is still very incomplete.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009 at 4:17pm EST