I mean, IF this is legitimate this isn’t a “let’s try and trade him situation” you cut him. Obviously team ops are going to be working overtime today trying to figure out the validity if any. Chance it’s fake obviously. But I guarantee the team ops is doing a lot of stuff right now.
Let’s hope you’re never allowed on a jury, or the defendant would never get a fair chance from the jump. The first question is what is “this”? The answer is….we don’t know. For argument sake, let’s say that she was granted a restraining order against him. We still have no idea what exactly he did in order for her to request it from the court.
This is out of my area of expertise so perhaps one of the lawyers here could comment on the threshold that has to be exceeded in order for a judge to grant a restraining order. Does it depend on the particular judge? Is the threshold the same now (post “Me too) as it had been in the past? Is it enough for someone to state that they feel threatened or does the judge have some discretion in that regard? If we are talking about an influencer, does she feel that there is something to be gained (ie. notoriety/followers) by making this public accusation? Thankfully, I don’t have a TikTok account, but it would be useful to know if she posted any text messages or DMs that show that Barmore has been acting in an inappropriate or even criminal manner (similar to what we saw with Antonio Brown’s accusers).
- Has she produced legitimate evidence that Barmore wrote something (or perhaps many things) to her would make any reasonable person feel threatened or fearful for his/her safety?
- Did an impartial witness confirm that he has acted in a threatening or abusive manner during in-person encounters with her?
- Has he been acting in a manner that an unbiased person would consider to be legitimate stalking behavior?
If the answer to any of those three questions is yes, then he absolutely deserves what may be coming to him in the near future and should no longer be a member of the Patriots organization. We don’t, however, know sh*t at this point. In my opinion, the existence of a restraining order without any details/context shouldn’t be enough to call for him to lose his job with the Patriots, and possibly his career. Everyone should wait to see exactly what he did (or didn’t do) before passing judgment.
