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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #135 on: February 23, 2025, 09:06:23 AM »
 As I expected the HUN ran the story yesterday.
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‘Arrogant silence’:

Balta assault victim sues Tigers star for damages
A man who was assaulted by Noah Balta has begun civil proceedings against the Richmond star, seeking compensation for claims of “post-traumatic stress, shock and anxiety”.

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https://www.heraldsun.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=HSWEB_MRE170_a&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.heraldsun.com.au%2Ftruecrimeaustralia%2Fpolice-courts-victoria%2Farrogant-silence-balta-assault-victim-sues-for-compensation%2Fnews-story%2F49b80502f40d29a2304e3e14a7aa78ca&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=ULTRALOW-Segment-2-SCORE

And if you have a hard copy of yesterday's HUN it's on page 6


And a selfie video from the victim
https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/noah-balta-to-be-sued-by-assault-victim-following-his-arrogance/video/aeecf60dce76e5324810da10d2801e68
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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #136 on: February 23, 2025, 09:22:13 AM »
Just a couple of points from what I read from page 6

- Victim's lawyer sent their letter to the RFC addressed to the CEO and that "that they are looking for compensation"

- lawyer said the RFC didn't respond "to invitations to "negotiations amicable resolution" to the matter"

(From Herald-Sun 22nd Feb 2025 page 6)

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Couple of points from me

1/ why was the letter sent to the club and not Noah's lawyers? They would know who his lawyer is so surely any correspondence should go through them?  RFC is Noah's employer so it has nothing to do with then.

2/ I would hope now people would understand why the Club has said nothing about what happened and its only comments has been around the suspension. Think the above makes it fairly obvious..



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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #137 on: February 23, 2025, 10:08:46 AM »
I think we all know what’s happening here. Suspending actually enables the abhorrent behaviour of the lawyer as it promotes the “smoke and fire” perception from the public.

Anyway, let’s see how this plays out when the courts finally hand down their decision and hopefully we can close the book on it.
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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #138 on: February 23, 2025, 04:14:12 PM »
So nice of the victim's lawyer to allow the paper to print part of the letter

As for "arrogant silience"; I think the victim's lawyer would know that the silence has been advised by Noah's lawyers
I think the lawyer was referring to the "failure to respond to a January 30 letter". Even if silence had been advised by lawyers that doesn't explain a failure to respond to an "invitation to negotiate an amicable resolution". Since Balta plead guilty it was always a fair chance that he would be asked for damages.

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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #139 on: February 23, 2025, 08:33:01 PM »
So nice of the victim's lawyer to allow the paper to print part of the letter

As for "arrogant silience"; I think the victim's lawyer would know that the silence has been advised by Noah's lawyers
I think the lawyer was referring to the "failure to respond to a January 30 letter". Even if silence had been advised by lawyers that doesn't explain a failure to respond to an "invitation to negotiate an amicable resolution". Since Balta plead guilty it was always a fair chance that he would be asked for damages.

Why send the letter to the RFC? Surely it goes to Noah's lawyer not the Club?
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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #140 on: February 23, 2025, 09:35:59 PM »
Why send the letter to the RFC? Surely it goes to Noah's lawyer not the Club?
Perhaps the Jan 30 letter went to Balta's lawyer and was ignored.
So the victim's lawyer then sends the next letter to his employer to pass on, noting that the language was "assaulted by you".
To ensure he gets a response he then goes to the press.

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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #141 on: February 23, 2025, 09:43:02 PM »
It's pretty obvious that the victim & his lawyer have taken aim at the money.  The victim is suing Balta & will collect a good sum for his trouble, which is probably fair enough, but why try to drag the RFC into the story when it really has nothing to do with the club? 
There is much fishing going on, the club's best course of action is to keep right out of it.   
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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #142 on: February 24, 2025, 12:54:22 AM »
Lol here we go.

Pain and suffering.

Loss of enjoyment if life.

A million dollars please.

Grow some balls. If this was any Joe blow they wouldn't sue crap.

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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #143 on: February 24, 2025, 08:59:42 AM »
Why send the letter to the RFC? Surely it goes to Noah's lawyer not the Club?
Perhaps the Jan 30 letter went to Balta's lawyer and was ignored.
So the victim's lawyer then sends the next letter to his employer to pass on, noting that the language was "assaulted by you".
To ensure he gets a response he then goes to the press.

Ummm.... no, going by the article in the ever reputable HUN there was one letter and it was sent to the RFC not hos lawyer
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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #144 on: February 24, 2025, 10:43:28 AM »
Ummm.... no, going by the article in the ever reputable HUN there was one letter and it was sent to the RFC not hos lawyer

I share your seeming frustration with the quality of the journalism around this report but it is what it is in the press.
I don't think its particularly useful to focus on the details about how the issue is being pursued by lawyers on either side.

The details we do accept is that Balta assaulted a man.
Balta accepted a police brief about the assault and plead guilty (to be sentenced).
The victim of the assault has hired a lawyer to claim damages - both temporary and permanent.

Temporary damages would be based on a medical report from the hospital and ongoing medical treatment for physical injuries suffered.
Permanent damages would be medical-based on physical injuries and mental injuries based on the opinion of qualified experts.
We are all a bit sceptical about the validity of these long term mental injuries and doubtless the argument about them will continue up to and even beyond the settlement of this damages claim.

If there is any truth in how the victim's lawyer has complained about the "arrogant silence" I am a bit astounded.
Surely getting on the front foot and at least engaging with the lawyer would have been the best approach in the circumstances (guilty plea).

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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #145 on: February 24, 2025, 04:14:17 PM »
I mean all seems an absolute soap opera. But was is absolutely certain is don't belt someone Noah and this sort of circus doesn't happen.
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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #146 on: February 25, 2025, 06:05:40 PM »
Was the lead story on Ch7 news tonight

Didn't see the full actual story

Just the victim's lawyer saying his letter hasn't been answered
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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #147 on: February 25, 2025, 06:08:57 PM »
The lawyer of the bloke interviewed on 7news. 7news saying he is seeking compo for his client from Balta in the $100Ks.

They also showed vision of the bloke with blood on his face from a cut to his temple.

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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #148 on: February 25, 2025, 06:50:59 PM »
The lawyer of the bloke interviewed on 7news. 7news saying he is seeking compo for his client from Balta in the $100Ks.

They also showed vision of the bloke with blood on his face from a cut to his temple.

This has the hallmarks of a bloke leveraging the bad publicity of a incident where noone knows what actually happened for financial gain
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Re: Noah Balta charged with assault
« Reply #149 on: February 25, 2025, 06:51:42 PM »
Here's the 7news report:

Richmond premiership hero Noah Balta is facing a legal payout in the hundreds of thousands of dollars over a wild pub punch-on. His victim's lawyer has told 7NEWS his client has been left with life-long injuries from the attack.
@cassiezervos #7NEWS


https://x.com/7NewsMelbourne/status/1894283834751160417