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Post by macattack on Mar 31, 2005 10:17:48 GMT -5
On the 13 day of dehydration/starvation, where do we go from here?
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Post by macattack on Mar 31, 2005 11:56:58 GMT -5
HER BODY, MY SELF : What's In It for Michael Schiavo?
A SHORT NOTE CONCERNING the financial benefits to Michael Schiavo that will accrue from the death of his wife.
I've seen numerous comments that the money given to Terri following various settlements has been dissipated in paying for hospice care and legal bills over the years. I have no way of knowing how true that is, but I suspect that it is, in the main, the case. I also note that the defenders of the man who now has to rank as the worst husband in America since Bill Clinton never tire of pointing out that "he turned down a million dollars " to transfer Terri's guardianship to the family. Again, I have no way of knowing how true that is, but if he did it was a shrewd move and, as we observe Michael Schiavo in his television appearances, we can see he is a shrewd man.
What I do have some sense of is how much money Michael Schiavo stands to make if, and only if, his wife dies. It is, for a man, with a fresh new wife and two children, substantial. Having worked as an editor for Houghton Mifflin and as a literary agent, I have some sense of the price the publishing and media worlds would put on his story. It will be significantly more than 30 pieces of silver.
The book deal: "HER BODY, MY SELF" by Michael Schiavo can be auctioned to a large group of major publishers within ten days of Terri Schiavo's death. This can be arranged by an canny and shameless agent -- and they are legion -- on the basis of 12 telephone calls, a two-page outline, a ghost writer known to the New York publishing world, and a dog-and-pony show where Michael is flown to New York and trotted around to six to eight editors' offices in a day. The bidding for this book will have a floor of two million dollars. The top offer will be in the range of three to three and a half-million for hardcover and paperback rights. Depending on the agent's feel for the market, translation rights may be added to the mix. Film rights will be held back. After the agent's 15% fee, Michael's take from this will be $2,550,000, less $50,000 paid to the ghost writer.
The film and tv rights for Michael's "story" will probably bring in another 1-3 million dollars depending on a number of factors and will, in this instance, be set in motion before the publication of the book.
Speaking fees: Michael Schiavo's lawyer currently commands $15,000 per speaking engagement, so it is not hard to see that Michael could easily pull down $50,000 per engagement. While you probably won't see him show up at Catholic conventions, he's a natural Keynoter for hundreds of other groups across the country and abroad. In the first year alone he could, given a reasonable calendar, be booked for at least 50 events. His gross fees in the first year would, in that case, come to $2,500,000.
Terri Schiavo is worth six to eight million dollars to Michael Schiavo if, and only if, she's dead. If she continues living nothing happens on the book or movie front because there's no ending. When she dies, it is jackpot time for Michael.
I guess he'll be able to buy that nice house his common-law wife has probably been bugging him about for years. It doesn't take a telepath to imagine the pillow talk at Michael Schiavo's house: "We've got two kids and she's still hanging on! You and that lawyer better get cracking. We've got college to think of and need at least five bedrooms! It's a great time to buy. What's the matter with you? Get me my down payment or I'm out of here. And I'm taking the kids... You said you'd get rid of her years ago and we're still in this dump I never liked..."
If you think the current wife's mind-set doesn't play a roll in the killing of Terri Schiavo, think again. Women with children might like having a husband, but they love real estate and tuition funds more. After all, half of a house is forever.
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Post by Tim Wescott on Mar 31, 2005 17:18:28 GMT -5
That`s a lot of money!!
I won`t go into the pros or cons of her death,but I will say I hope she rests in peace!
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Post by GerryT on Apr 1, 2005 0:21:11 GMT -5
Glad Terri's soul is finally free. It has been a terrible ordeal for her parents, and I only hope that they can
eventually find healing and closure.
As to Michael, I'm sure there's much truth in Macattack's post as I also work for a publisher and pray that the company won't bid for it.
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Post by oldtimer1 on Apr 1, 2005 20:51:29 GMT -5
It's so sad. Since this is a bodybuilding site I'll keep it short. If you starve and refuse to give water to a dog you would get summoned by a ASPCA and fined/jailed by the local judge for cruelty to an animal.
If their is a trust fund from a law suit for her health care the husband will get any left over money upon her death.
Why did it take years for him to annouce that she didn't want to live that way. Was it the day he got his settlement from the law suit? Was it the day that he found out that he couldn't touch that money until her death? In the law suit didn't her husband say in court that he would take care of her for the rest of his life and that she was getting better?
Why was he so hell bent on having her dead? If she was as brain dead as he said why wouldn't he just let his mother in law have some peace in visiting her in the hospice? How is that hurting him? She was badly brain damaged but according to her mother she responded to her voice. In my mind a true "vegetable" is on a respirator and on a feeding tube with involuntary twitches. I understand the decision to pull the plug under those circumstances when theres no brain activity and no hope for recovery.
This guy is the loving husband of the year. I'm sure he will live a good life style with the law suit money; life insurance money; interview money; talk show appearance money and any book deal.
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