November 8th, 2022 at 2:50 PM ^
Is that a relative of the late Screech?
Great to see him happily try and control social media narrative by using his so-called investigation without any real support.
November 8th, 2022 at 2:51 PM ^
Seems that Screech was a more capable attorney.
November 8th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
Sparty continues to be the gift that keeps on giving.
November 8th, 2022 at 4:45 PM ^
"The silence was palpitating."
Rule One: Never misuse an already-weak cliche.
November 8th, 2022 at 5:38 PM ^
That's junior high level fuck up right there... perfect for sparty.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:35 PM ^
"A investigation..."
November 9th, 2022 at 10:28 AM ^
beyond parody.
November 10th, 2022 at 8:48 AM ^
I seriously thought this was a joke when I first read it.
November 8th, 2022 at 4:35 PM ^
He was getting so much heat for typos he sent out a new release...with more typos. And he kept the palpitating silence in!
Updated release from attorney Dave Diamond, who is representing an MSU player suspended for the tunnel incident at Michigan. pic.twitter.com/0jngDeHlPU
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) November 8, 2022
November 8th, 2022 at 7:22 PM ^
“He was getting so much heat for typos”
Mr. Diamond is the living embodiment of “STAEE”
November 8th, 2022 at 2:50 PM ^
No, Screech did not have any brothers named David. (someone was surely wondering that!)
(edit - yes someone was wondering that! right before my post!)
November 8th, 2022 at 2:54 PM ^
Too bad, it would have made one weird linkage with Harbaugh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eukNq8Dz6o
November 8th, 2022 at 4:08 PM ^
Wasn't Mike Diamond from the Beastie Boys Screech's brother?
November 8th, 2022 at 4:16 PM ^
I miss Screech - there is that celebrity boxing connection so it would make sense for his brother to defend a Spart caught in a fight.
November 8th, 2022 at 2:51 PM ^
Lawyers gonna lawyer.
November 8th, 2022 at 3:02 PM ^
Based upon this graphic from his website, MSU should keep this guy on retainer.
November 8th, 2022 at 3:31 PM ^
Yeah, no home "court" advantage in this one. Nice to retain a CA attorney to start the PR battle. Probably taking this case pro-bono in the hopes that he gets to represent the Austin Robertsons of the future Sparty Generation.
November 8th, 2022 at 3:56 PM ^
Pretty sure he tweeted right after the suspensions that he would represent all of the MSU players pro bono. Seems like just a publicity stunt for him to drum up extra business.
November 8th, 2022 at 11:19 PM ^
So his defense is that guy is from UofM and other people from UofM did something bad years ago so there must be guilt of association and so my guy is innocent?
I think the MSU players are screwed.
November 8th, 2022 at 5:06 PM ^
How to make sure your children get to go to college but don't respect you.
November 8th, 2022 at 6:38 PM ^
Almost didn’t like bc thumbs-up count was at 69. Nice.
#70
November 8th, 2022 at 3:27 PM ^
If this isn't an elaborate message board fake, ick, that's a fairly embarrassing press release.
This is a low stratum as lawyering goes. The ad hominems were jarring--ditto various irrelevant references. And the dig here isn't about sleeze but in terms of "can construct winning argument or at least be coherent."
David Diamond is not being paid to play a heady game.
November 8th, 2022 at 3:49 PM ^
If I were a client, I would be legitimately concerned about this guy committing defamation as my agent.
The "Devon" Bush thing was laughable, but if he actually accused Devin instead of phrasing it as a question we would already have a problem. Every lawyer knows that kicking grass isn't felony vandalism.
Hopefully someone from MSU student legal services pulls these players aside and this guy gets shit canned.
November 8th, 2022 at 4:37 PM ^
This guy was surely already picked by MSU for the player.
November 8th, 2022 at 5:49 PM ^
I honestly thought it was fake after the last paragraph. If I ever write something like that someone put my out to pasture.
But for real, he's a criminal defense attorney, this what they do. Some a little more eloquently than others...
November 8th, 2022 at 7:59 PM ^
Defamation is the least of this client’s problems. Also, you might want to look up the definition of defamation.
November 8th, 2022 at 6:00 PM ^
This guy is not ready for prime time. What an embarrassingly awful attempt at a competent press release.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:57 PM ^
Like the Trump lawyer who formerly represented parking garage owners.
November 8th, 2022 at 6:33 PM ^
Sparty gonna spart.
After reading this release, the ANONYMOUS PLAYER, Would be better off hiring the jets pizza gif.
November 8th, 2022 at 7:56 PM ^
This appears to be a particularly bad lawyer.
November 8th, 2022 at 2:51 PM ^
Diamond Dave?
November 8th, 2022 at 3:43 PM ^
Diamond Dave? Criminal defense lawyer? Well, he's evidently found a criminal client in need of a defense. And what to do when there is clear video evidence of the crime being committed? Obfuscate! Bring up Juwan. Bring up Devin Bush. As if they were in the tunnel. Bring up some imagined incident regarding an imagined girlfriend from 25 years ago. Make it about anything other than what is plainly on tape. An MSU player putting his helmet back on before beating someone up. Another MSU player swinging his helmet at someone's head.
Add this to Tom Izzo darkly referring to "other bad guys" as though this is somehow exculpatory. As if he didn't have a sex offender living in his basement. Or Dantonio having Glenn Wilson driven from jail to practice upon being released after assaulting (catch the theme here?) a member of State's own hockey team. Or the President of the University having to resign because she covered up for Larry Nasser.
These people must live on a planet of resentment and self loathing.
November 8th, 2022 at 4:25 PM ^
Spartans...what is your profession? You were saying about an atmosphere double D?
November 8th, 2022 at 3:56 PM ^
A pox upon the house of any man who would disparage DIamond David Lee Roth.
What could possibly be classier than:
"I reach down...between my legs...and....ease the seat back..."
MSU can only aspire to hire a lawyer so eloquent. Even Cosmo Kramer never had such a lawyer.
November 8th, 2022 at 2:52 PM ^
Hahaha this "press release" is laughable. Just trying to turn the tide of public opinion with ZERO facts. Show us the tape good sir. Oh, and Howard and Bush who had nothing to do with this whatsoever? If you want to bring history of violence into the equation, let's do it!
November 8th, 2022 at 3:01 PM ^
Two Michigan Football players, heading up the tunnel to get some care for their injuries, pick a fight with 10 Spartans.
Yeah, right... Sparty was mouthing off, our guys likely said something back, so the dirt bag Sparty puts his helmet back on (!!) before punching the Michigan player three times. Then another starts swinging his helmet as a weapon. ....aaaand they're innocent, your honor.
November 8th, 2022 at 9:52 PM ^
Ironically, many Michigan State fans actually believe that that Green or McBurrows started the fight, because it seems implausible for Michigan State players to start it. For them, it is more plausible for one or two jubilant Michigan players to start a fight with dozens of Michigan State players, than for dozens of angry Michigan State players to attack heavily outnumbered Michigan players.
November 8th, 2022 at 3:20 PM ^
It's the "no u" defense.
November 8th, 2022 at 4:18 PM ^
All he did was summarize RCMB talking points. Anyone could have done this.
November 8th, 2022 at 2:53 PM ^
This reads like a joke. Are we sure this is a legit letter from an actual attorney and not some bad Fiverr commission? Either way, it's peak MSU.
November 8th, 2022 at 2:54 PM ^
At first I thought it might be from The Onion, but then he admitted he's a Sparty grad and it all made sense
November 8th, 2022 at 3:02 PM ^
Did he get his law degree in package design or landscape architecture?
November 8th, 2022 at 3:10 PM ^
Or animal husbandry?
November 8th, 2022 at 3:13 PM ^
or supply chain management. Or hotel and restaurant management.
November 8th, 2022 at 3:58 PM ^
I feel like a number of these things are programs MSU actually does well. Based on this terrible letter, it's probably more likely that his degree is from MSU's law school.
November 8th, 2022 at 4:36 PM ^
According to his LinkedIn he went to Southwestern Law School. MSU law school is not nearly as good as ours (few are), but it is near the median. Southwestern is not--it is in the bottom tier of school that US News doesn't bother to assign an actual rank to.
November 8th, 2022 at 5:22 PM ^
Well, as they say in my family: Never tell the truth when a lie is funnier.
He went to MSU law.