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@Folgers Can - no attorney is filing their Motion in Limine early.
I wouldn't put it past anybody; for example, don't forget when the one and only supposed W that Rackets tried to gloat about after hearing of his retarded motion was how the state "had to concede that we were right" about the part of the motion trying to exclude bodycam footage of April's out-of-court statements, when in reality the judge felted him and the Barneswalker for trying to prematurely sneak in a motion in limine issue that was properly reserved to revisit at any later pretrial hearing:
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Even though the judge was right to spank them for jumping the gun on that issue, as a practical matter it's not uncommon or inadvisable to throw it out there early not in hopes of getting an actual ruling, but instead as a plea negotiation tactic that at a minimum can remind the state of a possibly overlooked flaw in their case that could become a problem for them later on, and that at best might even get the judge's remarks about reserving it to put out some subtle smoke signals about how he'll probably rule on it later on.
Here it's just unlikely because it's hard to imagine what Peterson could even seek to exclude? What, just the bit about April pulling sent SMS records that she supposedly shouldn't have accessed post-divorce? Doubtful since the onus was on Aaron to get their accounts split with their cell provider way back then, and the state doesn't need her testimony anyway. Or would he try to exclude the Biscontes' out-of-court statements to the cop? Maybe, but it'd be superfluous because the hearsay and confrontation implications are already obvious and uncontested just like Pierce pointed out about Nick's straw-man arguments in the same vein. Or could he use Geno's recent statements affirmatively refusing to testify as a cudgel to ask for a shit-or-get-off-the-pot order that state either A) commence proceedings for compulsory process by a set date or B) suffer the consequence of his potential testimony being deemed excluded if they miss that deadline? Maybe, but that too would be superfluous since his trial no-show would speak for itself and could be more easily addressed at that time. Or does he seriously think a copy of the image recovered from a cell provider or messaging app provider could be excluded somehow? No fucking way when there was more than enough probable cause for a warrant to that effect. Or if he means to exclude Nick's testimony because of the google breach then so what, the prosecution never needed Nick and probably was never going to call him anyway when Kayla can say everything they want to hear. What he could hope to exclude is still a mystery so a motion to dismiss is most likely.
I haven't cared to follow his boxing drama or cared to follow the sport in general enough to guess whether there's any merit to his Rekieta-esque semantic cope that "coach" means different things to different people depending on whether one actually takes the "corner" with required licensure as opposed to any unlicensed layman still being free to "coach" in the form of merely sparring and giving pointers around the gym etc., but even assuming that such a distinction doesn't hold water in that subculture and he was indeed flat-out lying about his status (as opposed to having just been ignorant about what hoops he was supposed to have jumped through first), that lie's not enough reason to expect that MAPton's acolytes' unaccountable sock accounts wouldn't have stooped to telling SafeSport that he beats his kids as he says they did. Both things can be true.
You're right though that whatever such bullshit they may have thrown in, if any, would undoubtedly have been wrapped around the kernel of truth of Aaron's well-documented actual crimes, and those alone would have been more than enough red flags for SafeSport to suspend and investigate anyway. No argument there.
The only slim defense I'd submit is how it should be painfully obvious that nobody on either side of that circus ever legitimately expected or even intended a fight to actually materialize, and it was just a chance for both sides to use the tit-for-tat about stipulations and excuses to thump their chests about who did or did not chicken out, all strictly as a means of grasping for the slightest crumb of attention and driving engagement, as is the Dabbleverse way. In that sense Aaron could be said to have merely been doing his job, such as it is, being that Cumia-wannabe shock jock bravado with a dash of pro-wrestling gayfabe influence has always been his schtick for as long as he's ever sat behind a microphone. That's just what a
That said, none of that excuses how incredibly boneheaded and self-destructive his target selection was this particular time around. There were plenty of Zumock-tier heels that he could have selected to beef with for clicks over a few short months until the dust settles from his legal woes, but somehow he preferred a feud with a witness in (and spouse of the victim of) a pending felony prosecution against him, not to mention two targets in an active investigation of a suspected crime committed against him. The fact that he compulsively let a clout-chasing instinct make a mockery of the latter, and potentially handed to Nick on a silver platter another chance to get off scot-free, is what is unforgivable.
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