BREAKING - Sanford Paid Drowning Victim’s Family

SHOCKING REPORTS OUT OF BEAUFORT LINK S.C. GOVERNOR TO DROWNING DEATH OF YOUNG BLACK GIRL

FITSNews - June 29, 2007 - S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford agreed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to the family of a drowning victim in 2002, sources in Beaufort, S.C. tell FITSNews. Rumors about the settlement - said to have been in the $300-350K range - have been whispered about in Palmetto political circles for years but never reported on until now.

Given strict confidentiality agreements, little is known about the incident in question except that the settlement was reached prior to Sanford’s 2002 election and involves the drowning death of a young black girl in Beaufort County. FITSNews is attempting to obtain copies of the settlement agreement and other related documents including a death certificate, but calls to the attorneys involved, the Beaufort County Coronor’s Office and the governor’s office were not immediately returned.

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Comments

By Rob W. on June 29th, 2007 at 10:22 am

Unless you’re implying this is a hate crime, it doesn’t seem to matter much whether the poor girl was white or black. Perhaps you should also include whether she was right or left handed and her eye color.

By Interesting rumormill topic William on June 29th, 2007 at 11:26 am

Yeah Will, and unless this included age discrimination, or was a gender hate crime you shouldn’t have included a reference to her age or gender. Rob W. I t hink you may be being overly sensitive on this one. Apprent gender age AND race are common descriptors. They don’t appear to be egregious or overly gratuitous in this post.