Phelps family fails to post bond to stay collection of $5 million

[proud2BlibKansan]

Westboro Church members have failed to post bonds
The Associated Press

BALTIMORE | Two members of the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church have failed to post bonds needed to stay the collection of a $5 million jury award pending appeal.

U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett, on April 3, granted motions by Shirley L. Phelps-Roper and Rebekah A. Phelps-Davis to delay payment of the verdict for protesting a U.S. Marine’s funeral. The postponement was contingent upon their posting $125,000 and $100,000 bonds, respectively.

Bennett also imposed a lien on the properties of the church and its founder, Fred W. Phelps Sr.

The sisters had argued for lesser bond amounts; Phelps-Roper said she would not be able to offer such collateral to the court.

As of 5 p.m. Monday, the deadline imposed by Bennett, the women had not posted the bonds, according to court records.

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Phelps-Roper confirmed her refusal to obey Bennett’s order granting a stay and discounted that part of the proceedings. “All this collection stuff, it’s a lot of fluffy talk,” she said. “If I don’t have no $5 million, you can’t take no $5 million.”

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[bluestateguy]

1. These people need to pay their damn judgement and shut up

Enough with the appeals and the lawyers. The court had spoken and it's time for them to pay up AND shut up and go away.

[backscatter712]

2. Hurry up and send the sheriffs to seize everything they've got.

The Phelps fuckers can do all their protesting living in cardboard boxes.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. Knowing them they are figuring a way to weasel out of this judgment

as I type this. :mad:

[CanonRay]

3. Hopefully this will do the same to Westboro Baptist

as what happened to the Aryan Nation in Idaho...complete shutdown.

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. Wasn't there a KKK group down south also

that the SPLC went after and seized its assets?

[atommom]

4. This should be interesting. After all these years of using lawsuits to intimidate

others and to get their way, they may be taken down by a lawsuit. There's a certain poetic justice there.

[Lex]

5. “If I don’t have no $5 million, you can’t take no $5 million.”

Yeah, but everything you DO have can be seized and auctioned off.

Hey, I'd pay $5 for one of those "God Hates Fags" signs to throw darts at and remember how smug these jerks were BEFORE everything came tumbling down.

[Geoff R. Casavant]

13. And don't forget wage garnishment

They'll lose that $5 million a couple of hundred dollars at a time, every payday.

[Deep13]

6. Here's something to console him in this difficult time.

Also, I would like to let Mr. Phelps know how much I appreciate him:




There, feel better now?
:evilgrin:

You have so much to look forward to in life.

[leftofcool]

7. You are so bad and I love it

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. LOL

:rofl:

[DS1]

11. if they sold punches to the face for 10 dollars

they'd have 7 million in two weeks.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. No way. Give them a week tops.

Hey is that Peter Tork in your sig pic?