Chris Beard arrested

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VaxxedObamaCat

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He's toast. This is not the right era to assault a family member as a representative of a public university. Wife battering? I guess time will tell.

This board is so poisonous right now I rarely visit.

But this seems a good time to express gratitude for having as University of Kentucky's highest profile public official a man who has recruited kids who have brought praise and honor to the university virtually without exception for a dozen years, and who has been a symbol of activist charity work, raising millions of dollars for Kentuckians in need and people in places like Haiti.

John Calipari has been a great public image for Kentucky and the university. As a Kentuckian now living on the East Coast I can appreciate how much that means. Thanks Coach Cal.
Yeah, he's good with PR. He's come a good way from when he got into it with a reporter back in the late 90s and called him a "Mexican idiot."
 
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There are no ‘mitigating factors” when they pop you for a domestic abuse felony for choking out someone.

But I’m sure the ******* lawyers Beard will spend a lot of money on will spin it that way.
Plenty of false claims of domestic abuse occur. It's an automatic assumption with little evidence necessary. Not saying he didn't do it but curious about the proof of the claim.
 

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There are no ‘mitigating factors” when they pop you for a domestic abuse felony for choking out someone.

But I’m sure the ******* lawyers Beard will spend a lot of money on will spin it that way.
Of course there can be mitigating factors. I'm not claiming he was in the right but that is still possible too. We simply don't know anything yet.
 

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Of course there can be mitigating factors. I'm not claiming he was in the right but that is still possible too. We simply don't know anything yet.
Only way he’s in the right if the person he was basically trying to kill was he was acting in self defense. The fact he’s being charged with domestic abuse pretty much rules that out.

Chapter 1 of how to lose a cushy job. Making millions and you throw that all away by being stupid.
 

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Only way he’s in the right if the person he was basically trying to kill was he was acting in self defense. The fact he’s being charged with domestic abuse pretty much rules that out.

Chapter 1 of how to lose a cushy job. Making millions and you throw that all away by being stupid.
Most likely but these are initial charges. If it was only he and his wife in the house, yeah, he's in some deep poo. In all likelihood he's screwed but I've finally reached an age that I'm learning to wait for information before jumping on the bandwagon.
 

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What’s the difference in 1st degree and 3rd?
Sometimes, repeat offenders with prior domestic violence convictions in Texas can also receive a charge as severe as a third-degree felony. But if the event escalates to strangulation the punishments are more significant. This is even the case for first-time offenders. Those who receive third-degree felonies should expect a sentence of 2 to 10 years in the Texas state prison.
 
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Being an alcoholic and being a low life piece of **** abuser are two different things.

Sark paid a price for his drinking and by all accounts has turned his life back around. But he never put his hands on someone, let alone a family, member as far as I know.

I have a little brother who is a piece of **** addict and drunk. Steals from my dad and grandad all the time. In and out of jail and rehab. Got three kids by two women that he doesn’t support. But I can say he’s never laid his hands on anyone in the family.
Well, alcoholism and drunkenness affects people in different ways. My grandfather (whom I never knew because he died in his early 40s) was an alcoholic and was one of those nice drunks. He never met a stranger and was a functioning alcoholic. He started drinking first thing every morning and was pretty well buzzed all day long, held down a job, and was friendly to family and friends. I had a good friend in high school who was the life of the party kind of drunk, most of the time. But then there was the time he got drunk and mixed his alcohol with some other drugs and beat up his landlord, nearly killed him, and wound up in jail. Truth is, it's nearly impossible to predict how drunkenness will affect someone. And it can change, too, in an instant. Stories of my grandfather and then his premature death, along with my own faith, have led me to never touch the stuff. I've had a glass of wine at a friend's wedding. That's pretty much it. I don't think it's wrong to have a drink. It's just not for me.

I'm not sure what the root issue is for Beard. I wish him well but if this turns out to be true, he's probably going to be losing his job. Felony assault, even a 3rd degree charge, is very serious. But maybe it's a misunderstanding or we don't have the whole story. We will know soon enough.
 

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Plenty of false claims of domestic abuse occur. It's an automatic assumption with little evidence necessary. Not saying he didn't do it but curious about the proof of the claim.

The threshold for that kind of charge usually requires sufficient physical evidence, including marks left on the victim. Misdemeanor battery cases can be more he said/she said, but to be charged with a felony, the officers on scene likely made that determination.

I won’t convict the man just yet, but it’s not looking good based on the arrest report and charges levied against him.
 
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