This apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, huh?
And when it DOES fall…it gets PAID.
Al Sharpton’s daughter was just paid out $95,000 from a “sprained ankle” …despite wearing heels, dancing, and even CLIMBING A MOUNTAIN only months after the alleged injury occurred.
She’s her father’s daughter, alright.
According to the New York Post:
Dominique Sharpton, daughter of shakedown artist Al Sharpton, scored a $95,000 settlement from the city over a sprained ankle — even though she had posted snaps of herself on social media climbing a mountain in Bali and strutting around in high heels just seven months after the fall.
It took nearly four years, but de Blasio administration lawyers finally threw in the towel in the case.
“After a thorough evaluation, we determined that settling this case was in the best interest of the city,” said a spokesman for the city Law Department.
Of course! No liberal city wants the dear Reverend on their bad side. Might as well dole out underserved tax dollars to his family.
The 32-year-old Brooklyn resident, who is the eldest daughter of the activist and TV host, sued the city in April 2015 for $5 million after “severely” injuring her right leg on cracked pavement crossing Broadway at Broome Street in 2014.
“I sprained my ankle real bad lol,” she wrote in an Instagram post after the Oct. 2, 2014, stumble.
5 MILLION. This entire family is so gross.
Her suit said she was in “permanent physical pain,” but the fall didn’t stop her from wearing high heels, mounting a ladder to decorate a Christmas tree and even hiking for two hours up a mountain during a girls getaway to Indonesia in May 2016.
She posted snaps of herself performing the feats on social media.
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Her lawyer, John Elefterakis, said the “case was always about fair compensation for Ms. Sharpton’s ankle injury, which we contend was a result of the city’s negligence.”
“Despite unfair treatment in the press, this settlement reflects the reasonableness of Ms. Sharpton, who was willing to settle her meritorious claim for a fair amount based on all factors,” he said.
Ha. “Fair amount.” As in…fair enough until she files her next lawsuit. You don’t actually expect a Sharpton to work for a living, do you?
She couldn’t even be bothered to show up for this case:
The deal comes after Sharpton missed four scheduled depositions over six months in 2016, causing city lawyer Michelle Fox to gripe that the plaintiff “stymied the city’s efforts to litigate this matter.”
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chan gave Sharpton one last chance to show up or else see her case dismissed.
When Sharpton sat for a grilling in July 2016, she admitted she changed into party clothes and attended a two-hour gospel concert for her father’s 60th birthday hours after the incident.
But you know… she clearly deserves money. She’s a victim here.
The New York Post interviewed “legal experts” who were pretty perplexed by the outcome:
“That sounds like a very generous settlement under the circumstances,” said Elizabeth Eilender, an experienced Manhattan litigator not involved in the case.
And one longtime personal-injury attorney asked incredulously, “For a sprained ankle they paid $95,000?”
“Sounds like a f- -king de Blasio administration settlement to me. It’s really worth about half that, not even, maybe $25,000 or $35,000,” said the lawyer, who asked not to be identified.
The legal shakedown resembles Al Sharpton’s reported use of boycott threats against large companies like McDonald’s and Macy’s to generate large donations.
Damn, it feels good to be a Sharpton.