Militant said:

Prince wanted these documents to remain sealed. Bottom line. Unsealing these documents goes against what Prince wanted. Fact. Perhaps if the fanbase had understood this and showed some solidarity rather than tearing down a woman who they don't even know, Prince's wishes could have been adhered to. Sad day.

The fanbase bears no responsibility here. That's a reach, and an insult rolled into one. Actually, that's not true, these 'boogeyman' fans did provide the source of this woman's divorce settlement.

Solidarity is for this woman's friends and paid minions to worry about - those who DO have understanding and knowledge of this case, not the fans of her recently deceased iconic ex-husband.

Forums are places for folks to bandy about their opinions, that's ALL this is. She knows, she used to be one of us.

nursev said:

babynoz said:

Yeah, like some judge is hanging on every word of random posters on a messge board instead of case law and legal precedent.

Quite a stretch but not surprising when agenda is in play.

and it's definitely an agenda in all this. Someone is really stretching here to keep some major shit secret. Stooping so low as to bring fans in this...hell we can't even get a memorial til 6 months later.

That's not even a proper memorial when it's monetized. I've never paid to go to a service.

malbena said:

nursev said:

I got dibs on Babynoz as my lawyer

NinaB said:

...& I'm next

laurarichardson said:

Is this Dr guy a personal friend of Manuela?

I ask becase he sounds very evasive when discussing what may be revealed if the divorce documents are unsealed. He sounds as if he has personal knowledge of what is in those documents.

He was very guarded and protective of P.

Militant said:

Prince wanted these documents to remain sealed. Bottom line. Unsealing these documents goes against what Prince wanted. Fact. Perhaps if the fanbase had understood this and showed some solidarity rather than tearing down a woman who they don't even know, Prince's wishes could have been adhered to. Sad day.

Right. Because American judges issue rulings based on rumor, innuendo and anonymous comments on an internet message board - rather than law and legal precedent.

Jesus.

NinaB said:

LBrent said:

NinaB said:

Mkilpatrick74 said:

He keeps saying that something may have been said or "phrased" in a certain way in the papers. Hmmmmm

...or he's chatting rubbish again

There is nothing in a Agreed Divorce Decree that would be phrased negatively. If there was, it wouldnt be "Agreed." An attorney would not allow their client to sign an Agreed Divorce Decree that dissed them, especially P's high priced lawyers.

nursev said:

nelcp777 said:

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Attorney work product would NOT be part of the Court files.

Then I do not understand how the divorce papers could put Prince in a negative light.

Thank you for answering my question. I guess in 30 days after objections (not appeals as I stated earlier) and redactions, we will see what could be so damning if the papers are unsealed.

The only negative informaton that I can think of that would be contained in the Court file is if there were depositions taken, and then the attorneys filed the depositions at Court. A lot of mud slinging goes on during depositions.

But the Judge's decision seemed to indicate otherwise (page 3) the ex filed for divorce, the parties requested a motion to seal the records, the parties engaged in negotiations, and a mediation which led to settlement. The Judge then adopted the Agreed Decree of Divorce which contained a confidentiality provision.

ISaidLifeIsJustAGame said:

Militant said:

Prince wanted these documents to remain sealed. Bottom line. Unsealing these documents goes against what Prince wanted. Fact. Perhaps if the fanbase had understood this and showed some solidarity rather than tearing down a woman who they don't even know, Prince's wishes could have been adhered to. Sad day.

With all due respect I don't see anyone bashing her. People are just questioning her actions and statements while a very serouis case is going on to keep the file closed. People bash Prince here all the time and it is allowed. People don't know Prince but thay still bash and tear him down. She is being treated with kids gloves compare to how people have been handling Prince for many years. People are always criticizing Prince's actions and motivations on this site. Why should she be held to a different standard than Prince or anyone else that is disscuss here. I doubt this site has any bearings on the judge's decision. I think this unsealed divorce record thing is just maddness. There is no reson to unseal the file but in my opinion it is unfair to blame some of the fanbase for what is happening becuase they did not "stand" with her. The blame needs to be put on St and judge for entertaining opening a 10 year old file in the first place. I really wish her the best in this case because what they are doing is not right and I don't care what is in that file. If somthing is sealed it should stay that way.Why do they say you can have a file sealed if anybody can resquest to open it.