Cobb: Thirty Million?

November 18, 2005

Thirty Million?

Robert Blake got his ass handed to him today in a civil trial.

Eight months after Robert Blake was acquitted at a criminal trial of murdering his wife, a civil jury decided Friday the tough-guy actor was behind the slaying and ordered him to pay Bonny Lee Bakley's children $30 million.

The jury deliberated eight days before ruling in a 10-2 vote that the former "Baretta" star "intentionally caused the death" of Bakley, who was gunned down in 2001 in the actor's car outside a restaurant where the couple had just dined.

OK, so here's the deal. If you're going to have somebody offed, there has to be a smarter way than asking Hollywood stuntmen, and there has got to be a cheaper way than $30 million. Evidently Blake hasn't gotten around as much as someone worth $30 million should - not that he has it. Anyway, whose life is worth that much? Please. Nobody like loser Blake or his deranged target. If I paid AIG $3,800 a month for 20 years my heirs would only get 10 million when I croak, if their attorneys could extract it.

I suppose he'll be hanging out with OJ and perhaps now Dominick Dunne can get some sleep. Where are all the whitefolks jumping for joy now that 'justice' has been served? Hell, I want $30 million bucks. What dumbass celeberity can I get to kill my mother, and where can I find such an innumerate civil jury? You know I understand that there are lawyers who can construe all this as a good thing, but is it just me or is something radically wrong here? Since when has the death of a celebrity blackmailer become such a lucrative sinecure?

My vote? I say Blake should get medieval on somebody and then find a nice South Pacific island to die on. At least he'd have the peace of mind that the murderous dirt he did a half-assed job of had some measure of completion. Go ahead, kill the kids. Get the full satisfaction of revenge.

Of course he's going to punk out, write a book and go live in the OJ zone. And that's the name of that tune.

Posted by mbowen at November 18, 2005 04:03 PM

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Here is one whitefolk who is jumping for joy. The guy was guilty as hell. His lawyer tried to make the victim look like shit and the kids look like grasping teenagers. And Blake, finally forced to take the stand himself (no 5th Amendment in a civil trial), manages to dirty himself with callous comments even better than his lawyer did. Thank heavens the jury figured all this out. Hopefully the opposition is faster at getting to his assets than the OJ ones were. I think I've learned what you need to do before doing one of these suits -- know the location of your adversary's assets, and get them frozen ASAP.

Posted by: Uncle Smrgol at November 20, 2005 10:06 PM