Quote Originally Posted by tony
But how is she profiting from it.. the money isn't just dropping out of the sky. Apparently whoever is paying her the money feels they can profit as well. If you go to jail and someone is offering you money for your story, you're telling me that you will pass the opportunity up?
The LAW states that one cannot profit from the commission of a crime. It is very loose and ambiguous, but it does exist. This is why money is confiscated when found to be DRUG profits. By your logic, IF people are stupid enough to PAY for drugs one should be able to KEEP the money made from it????? Right???? Well guess what? You and I both know that's not the case. Bizillion dollars worth of cash and merchandise gets seized every year by the gov't in drug raids. Why can't drug dealers keep it? Some may argue that drug dealers are doing nothing wrong except SUPPLYing a good for a DEMAND. Capitalism by definition right there. Why can't they keep it then, by your logic?

I'll tell you why: BECAUSE IT'S A CRIME. The LAW says you can't profit from it.

Little Miss liar committed a crime. No lesser than any other misdemeanor crime. If you go out and get caught with pot in your pocket, you will be convicted of a crime. You would be no less a criminal than she is because both would have been charged and CONVICTED of misdemeanor offense.

It has been vastly rumored since the beginning that this was all a hoax orchestrated by both the groom and the bride to be to make MONEY. I don't know if that's true or not and so far noone has pursued that angle too much. Point is that is the very reason why the LAW says you can't profit from CRIME. Otherwise, it would be a free-for-all with clever hoaxes being perpetrated in order to make MONEY.

BTW, there are tons of convicted felons in prison right now that have been offered everything from book to movie deals. ALL so far have not been allowed to PROFIT from those deals. Their families may be able to, but they as individuals can't.