Originally Posted by Sallyforth:
“I'm not an expert”
To be fair, neither is Nancy.
Originally Posted by Sallyforth:
“ but surely celebs/pros/judges/presenters and anyone else to whom it might apply have got limiting clauses in their contracts about any potential legal stuff,given the inevitable nature of some of their interactions?”
Of course; they'll have standard liability insurance. If a legal action ever got so far as to actually require it, any payment would be made from that.
But it's so ridiculously implausible to imagine it getting that far, that only some who is < mad as a bunch of frogs / desperate to raise their profile via outrageous and stupid comments > would consider it seriously.
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Originally Posted by Sallyforth:
“Oherwise they could be suing each other all over the place!”
Yep - about 4 seconds' worth of reflection from a sane person would lead us to that conclusion.
Len's comments to Craig alone (for example "Nasty piece of work") are far more defammatory than some relevant and mild dance-related comment from Alesha.
What annoys me about this is that Alesha was
right - Nancy's legs were too far apart, it was a totally inappropriate stance for the Rumba, and so that was a completely valid technical criticism for Alesha to provide.