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JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater's head being examined to avoid jail
Is anybody shocked that Steven Slater's head is being examined? While we all Attorneys on both sides of the Slater issue say they are working on a deal – and that Slater might be able to avoid jail time through alternative sentencing. Slater's sudden realization that he needs his sanity checked out may be a sign that he's coming to his senses:
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Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Slater's willingness to be evaluated shows he's taking the charges more seriously than he had in the past. Slater had spoken out after the incident, as his public opinion swelled and hundreds of thousands of fans online cheered him for standing up to the inhospitable world of airline travel.
Daniel J. Horwitz, Slater's attorney, seems to be bolstering the results of an evaluation that hasn't even come yet by citing the pressures his client is experiencing, including a terminally ill mother, recently deceased father and HIV positive diagnosis for Slater. He has his fingers crossed, so to speak, that prosecutors will consider Slater's "long-standing and well-regarded reputation in the industry," but that might not be a good idea, given that the permanently former flight attendant (it seems) has had a few issues with honesty in the past.
If the alternative sentencing deal comes through, Slater could wind up spending only a few weeks in treatment. Then, he can move on to that reality show.
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Chuck Sep 8th 2010 1:43PM
It's called a "Mental Health Evaluation" and as someone who's suffered Major Depression exacerbated by my thankless employers in the Health Care Field I guess I don't find this all that funny.
Peoples careers and lives are destroyed by Mental Health problems. I worked damn hard to get my Registered Nursing degree and my career was wiped out in less than one year. I quit Nursing almost 20 years ago and I've never been able to work in the field since. I'll leave out the more nasty details that happened because of my Major Depression diagnosis aside from the fact that I had to file bankruptcy and lost everything.