Why Rod Stewart should be quartered

[Sdashiki]

As in strung by his limbs to four horses that pull in the cardinal directions at the same time.

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/m...icle349750.ece

Stewart must pay $3m for cancelled show
By David Usborne, in New York
Published: 07 March 2006

A judge in Las Vegas has told Rod Stewart, the veteran icon of British rock, to pay more than $3m (£1.7m) to Harrah's Entertainment for failing to reimburse an advance he received for a 2000 New Year concert he pulled out of citing problems with his throat.

The ruling, delivered by US District Judge Larry Hicks, stems from a finding by a jury late last year that Mr Stewart indeed should have repaid the advance to the company. There was no comment yesterday from the singer, still best known for his single "Maggie May", or from his lawyers in the case.

Mr Stewart, 60, had been scheduled to appear at Harrah's Rio Hotel, a Carnival-themed resort complex just off the main Las Vegas Strip, for the New Year concert. He cancelled on medical grounds, telling the organisers that he was still recovering from surgery for thyroid cancer a few months earlier.

The ruling comes at a time when Mr Stewart is reported to be considering moving to live in Las Vegas. He is due to make a concert appearance at another hotel, the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino, next month. The MGM has offered him a contract to become its resident star attraction for up to three years.

According to the court, Mr Stewart took an advance of $2m from the Rio for the New Year's appearance. He is now being ordered to pay back just over $3m, including interest for the intervening years. His lawyers were told to pay an additional $153,483 in contempt-of-court fines and legal costs for failing to turn over information to the court before the case went to court last year.

At the time of the trial, when Mr Stewart took the stand, the singer's lawyers complained he had repeatedly offered to reschedule the concert for another date. They said the hotel never showed any interest in taking up the offer. "The man had cancer," the lawyer, Skip Miller, said last year. "He's now fully recovered and he's willing and able to perform the concert. They won't let him."

A lawyer for Harrah's, Kristina Pickering, called the judge's order to Mr Stewart to make the payments, "the right result" and "a long time coming".

All i gotta say is if someone hands you $2 million dollars to show up and perform, and you pull out, you are supposed to GIVE THE MONEY BACK.

I mean this rich turd kept $2 million dollars, more than I will see in a lifetime. His lawyers can say "we tried to re-schedule" and all that, but none of this legal hooplah would have happened if someone would stop being a greedy little snot and cry when they ask for their money back.

[stoid]

Yeah, lets reschedule for April 21st (or just about any other day that is not December 31st). Because the celebrations that night are nearly as big as those on New Years Eve.

[jelloshotsrule]

you could have a much shorter list if you gave reasons he should NOT be quartered.

[Sdashiki]

Hmmm reasons not to be:

he was married to rachel hunter?

[jelloshotsrule]

try again... rebuttal: why should a douchebag like rod take her off the market?

[Sdashiki]

good point.

hmm, well i guess there are no good reasons.

DIE RODDY DIE!

[Abstract]

Haha, but he was with Rachel Hunter and now he's with someone who isn't nearly as good-looking. So he kinda put her back ON the market because he was such a dick.

[dornoforpyros]

if your dumb enough to give rod stewart money than chaces are you didn't deserve it in the first place

[floriflee]

Originally Posted by dornoforpyros

if your dumb enough to give rod stewart money than chaces are you didn't deserve it in the first place

Ack! Okay.... I just couldn't stand it anymore so I'm going to be the grammar police....

"your" should be "you're": use "your" only when needing a possesive. Use "you're" when you really mean "you are".

"than" should be "then": "than" should be used when doing a comparison (which you're not). When your statement is more of cause and effect use "then."

the correct spelling is "chances"

My grammar may not be perfect all the time, but that was just too many mistakes in one short little comment.

[Lord Blackadder]

If all I had to do was sing to rake in a cool 2 mil I'd be up there the day after surgery, lip synching if necessary.

Rod should get the shaft.











sorry for the phallic pun....