Is that potentially libellous?

Wha?

Who are you talking about exactly and what was said?

She's taken it down and has replaced it. Still very clear who she's talking about...

Jill Jones?

What was said or posted?

JJ has written as her status - "In about 15 years Chris Brown you too will be accepting your Lifetime Achievement Award from BET and all of this will be behind you!!You're not the only man in that room unfortunately who beat a woman but you got caught and now are the example for all of your role models who piously sit by and watch."

yeah but then he realised that Apples bought him that guitar cos she loved him, he played Purple Rain, kissed Wendy, Billy nodded his approval and all was OK...

it could b potentially libellous, depending on the truth and the facts, but i guess only they 2 know what, if anything, happened ...

"u don't have 2 make the mistakes i made"

Hasn't Jill posted other comments on FB or Myspace that were clearly about Prince and were, um....less than complimentary? Seems like she's got a few residual resentments that sometimes get the best of her and then she goes on these sites and lets loose.

RubyButterfly said:

Hasn't Jill posted other comments on FB or Myspace that were clearly about Prince and were, um....less than complimentary? Seems like she's got a few residual resentments that sometimes get the best of her and then she goes on these sites and lets loose.

or maybe she just knows the guy better than you do?

BramblingMan said:

RubyButterfly said:

Hasn't Jill posted other comments on FB or Myspace that were clearly about Prince and were, um....less than complimentary? Seems like she's got a few residual resentments that sometimes get the best of her and then she goes on these sites and lets loose.

or maybe she just knows the guy better than you do?

Durrr. Do you think so?

Your comment doesn't really have anything to do with point of my post but thanks for responding.

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BramblingMan said:

RubyButterfly said:

Hasn't Jill posted other comments on FB or Myspace that were clearly about Prince and were, um....less than complimentary? Seems like she's got a few residual resentments that sometimes get the best of her and then she goes on these sites and lets loose.

or maybe she just knows the guy better than you do?

There's that...and then there's the whole freedom of speech thing that the US has going for it - which also allows those who know nothing about the situation (past, present or future) to comment as if they know what they're talking about...

Chasing said:

JJ has written as her status - "In about 15 years Chris Brown you too will be accepting your Lifetime Achievement Award from BET and all of this will be behind you!!You're not the only man in that room unfortunately who beat a woman but you got caught and now are the example for all of your role models who piously sit by and watch."

"you're not the only man in that room unfortunately who beat a woman"

She worked/was involved with Prince, but if I hadn't know that I wouldn't have taken that to mean him specifically. IMHO it's as much a calling out of the hypocrits in the room in general as it is any jab at Prince in particular.

Onthereal said:

Chasing what does Jill Jone's comment have to do with Prince? She's correct about Chris Brown not being the only one in the room who beat a women. She didn't name Prince so where is this thread going?

She changed her status, previously it did specifically mention Prince! SHe swiftly changed it as it was clearly defamatory! She really does seem to have an axe to grind with the pocket genius!

It's pure assumption thinking it was Prince. Come on now this is how rumors get started.

I wonder if those non-disclosure thingys were "lifetime"?

I have a sinking feeling that one day somebody is going to say fuck it and do the mother of all Tell Alls.

This situation is yet another example of how dangerously easy it is nowadays, when emotion clouds your good judgement, to go on sites like FB and make public personal issues that are better kept private.

Maybe she saw Prince bitch slap Sinead.

Bitter, party of one...

Heres a new one, we dont know! and none of us no matter how much we love his work have that perspective. I only wish if it did occur she could have done something to make sure he was accountable for the behavior. BET does have a sickening history of rallying around brotha's clearly guilty of anti-social/criminal behavior. R Kelly anyone?. They spin everything into a matter of race or redemption when sometimes a cat needs to pay a price. I wasnt moved by Chris Brown, my daughter is 22 and i remember those pictures and frankly there would not be a safe corner on this earth for the punk.

Here's the thing: if Prince hit Jill, she should have done something about it then. Not wait until 25 years after the fact, when all she can do is cast aspersions.

My guess is that she soft-pedaled the whole thing because she was expecting him to release an album for her. She sold her dignity for 30 pieces of silver - and accuses him now?

Legally? No.

She did not mention any names.

dreamshaman32 said:

Heres a new one, we dont know! and none of us no matter how much we love his work have that perspective. I only wish if it did occur she could have done something to make sure he was accountable for the behavior. BET does have a sickening history of rallying around brotha's clearly guilty of anti-social/criminal behavior. R Kelly anyone?. They spin everything into a matter of race or redemption when sometimes a cat needs to pay a price. I wasnt moved by Chris Brown, my daughter is 22 and i remember those pictures and frankly there would not be a safe corner on this earth for the punk.

Yes, we all saw the pics, but we only seen Rhianna's injuries. These two have had an emotionally-charged relationship from its beginning. The same sources later revealed that Rhianna wasn't the only one that got her ass kicked that night. It was decided that Chris would take the blame for the incident in order to not have any charges pressed against Rhianna. As you may know, the rules have changed when it comes to who get arrested. People arrest both parties now. And Rhianna had every intention of staying in the relationship until the public rallied behind her and her "celebrity" grew.

Now, I am a black woman who was an abusive relationship and know how easy it is to "feed" on the attention that you get once its out. Because when I stayed at a local domestic-violence shelter, there were several women there that did just as Rhianna has done. In the public, it's "look what he's done to me, how could he do this" but, in private, it's secret phone calls and plans to be by his side.

I don't condone domestic violence, obviously, but be honest about what's going on. Everyone, including me, were very angry about Chris/Rhianna. No one on Earth was on Chris's side, and that include BET. And, unlike Chris, people did back R Kelly, Clarence Thomas, O.J., Michael, and Sean Combs. And how many of the above mentioned were obviously guilty?

It's not a black thing or a white thing...it's a green thing.

Going back to Chris, I forgive him. What he did was incredibly stupid and he has paid for what he did, unlike R Kelly and some of the others. Especially, being that Rhianna has moved on to next torrid relationship.

It's a little bit disturbing that some people on here are quick to condemn her, I mean if she and Prince fought and he hit her, then she's perfectly in the right to bring it up whenever the fuck she wants... forever until she passes.

She knows Mr. Nelson much better than any of you, unless you are also former employees lurking (which has happened many times on here).

Lot's of people have an angry side that gets the better of them. Especially in their youth.