(03-01-2018, 02:37 PM)Tusk Wrote: They've finally posted it....Haley's interview begins at 10:15

http://www.tmz.com/2018/02/28/tmz-live/

(02-26-2018, 04:42 PM)Tusk Wrote:

(02-26-2018, 04:17 PM)mercfan3 Wrote: Interesting, the whole "these people are all in cohorts with each other." Does she mean the prosecutors and nightclub? It wouldn't surprise me if they are.

It's unlikely she was talking about the court system including the prosecutor.

I think the 'cohorts' thing refers to the Lamplighter and the local police. The history of bouncer abuse, the fact that the police allow it to continue doing business even though it regularly goes down there to pick up drunks, break up fight, implies that they allow it because it's easy revenue for them w/o much effort.

Up here, if a business continues unable to control how drunk it gets it's patrons, doing something to reduce fights, normally those kinds of businesses get fined so much they can't operate, or they have to shut down and move elsewhere.

The Lamplighter is a Palatine institution and despite the continued issues of fighting and drunkenness, has been allowed to continue operating, the police have allowed it and are happy to take the revenue from fines and jail time

I'm hoping people see perspective in this, that Haley has the opportunity to get this off her record despite video evidence, and not go after the courts on social media. I think they HAD to charge Haley w/ something from the video evidence, so charged her w/ the minimum w/ a chance to get rid of it completely from her record. If there's video of Haley indeed punching the bouncer in the face, which could be argued initiated the brawl, they can't drop the charge.

If it was hearsay, her word against theirs' (Haley w/ no history of trouble, Lamplighter w/ years of evidence of over the top abuse), then the court might have leeway to not charge Haley at all.

Video evidence didn't give the court that option.

As PJ says, the video evidence is public record, so we will likely see it eventually, probably via TMZ (who have their hands full right now, Heather Locklear apparently assaulted Police officers )

Quote:In the 12th subcircuit (Maki vacancy), which includes parts of Wheeling, Northfield, New Trier, Elk Grove and Maine townships, the Illinois State Bar Association rated Alan M. Jacob as not recommended and Thomas Raymond Molitor as not qualified. The ISBA rated David Studenroth, Joel Chupack and Carmine Trombetta qualified.

For the same 12th subcircuit, the Chicago Bar Association rated Jacob, Trombetta and Molitor as not recommended. The CBA found Studenroth qualified and Chupack highly qualified.

Quote:The Bar Association ratings are a joke. You go before a committee for 15 minutes and they decide if your "qualified" or not. An attorney I know, with 42 years of trial experience was found "unqualified" by the ISBA for no known reason while all of the other Bar Associations who sat in on the same interview found him hignly qualified. As usual in Cook County it's who you know and not what you know.

Quote:Palatine bartender pleads guilty to battery in altercation that involved 'American Idol' singer Haley Reinhart

Palatine bartender charged in a melee that involved a former “American Idol” contestant last year was sentenced Wednesday to probation and anger management counseling.

Adam Sobanski, 33, pleaded guilty in Cook County Circuit Court to a reduced charge of misdemeanor battery in the incident July 8 at the Lamplighter Inn Tavern & Grille. Sobanski originally was charged with six counts of aggravated battery for choking and punching a male friend of Haley Reinhart, the “American Idol” contestant who grew up in Wheeling and is following a singing career.

The felony counts against Sobanski were dropped in exchange for his plea. Sobanski, who lives in Palatine, also was sentenced to 60 days in the Cook County Sheriff’s Work Alternative Program, a substitute for jail time.

The victim, Alan Chislof, suffered a broken nose, black eyes and facial bruising and cuts that required stitching, Assistant State’s Attorney Kristin Piper said. Chislof was in agreement with Sobanski’s sentence, she said.

In passing sentence, Judge Marc Martin said the original charges reflect “great bodily harm” in the incident, but he went along with the plea since Chislof was in agreement.

Sobanski was working as a “back bar” employee when a confrontation began between Reinhart and security personnel at the nightspot, Piper said. Reinhart and her friends were being escorted from the bar when Sobanski placed Chislof in a chokehold and then began striking him, Piper said.

Reinhart was issued a municipal violation for battery and was found guilty earlier this year of striking a bouncer during the melee. She was ordered to pay $650 in fines and court costs.

Reinhart, who moved to Los Angeles, earned a spot on “American Idol” in 2011. She finished in third place and since has released two albums.