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   From: democratchoices@cnn.com   
      
   She is her father’s daughter.   
      
   Dominique Sharpton, daughter of shakedown artist Al Sharpton,   
   scored a $95,000 settlement from the city over a sprained ankle   
   — even though she had posted snaps of herself on social media   
   climbing a mountain in Bali and strutting around in high heels   
   just seven months after the fall.   
      
   It took nearly four years, but de?Blasio administration lawyers   
   finally threw in the towel in the case.   
      
   “After a thorough evaluation, we determined that settling this   
   case was in the best interest of the city,” said a spokesman for   
   the city Law Department.   
      
   The 32-year-old Brooklyn resident, who is the eldest daughter of   
   the activist and TV host, sued the city in April 2015 for $5   
   million after “severely” injuring her right leg on cracked   
   pavement crossing Broadway at Broome Street in 2014.   
      
   “I sprained my ankle real bad lol,” she wrote in an Instagram   
   post after the Oct.?2, 2014, stumble.   
      
   Her suit said she was in “permanent physical pain,” but the fall   
   didn’t stop her from wearing high heels, mounting a ladder to   
   decorate a Christmas tree and even hiking for two hours up a   
   mountain during a girls getaway to Indonesia in May 2016.   
      
   She posted snaps of herself performing the feats on social media.   
      
   The case was settled after the city admitted it was aware of the   
   cracked pavement in the crosswalk but did nothing to fix it.   
      
   Reached by phone Friday, Dominique Sharpton wasn’t even aware   
   that a deal had been reached.   
      
   “I don’t really know the particulars at this time,” she told The   
   Post.   
      
   Her lawyer, John Elefterakis, said the “case was always about   
   fair compensation for Ms. Sharpton’s ankle injury, which we   
   contend was a result of the city’s negligence.”   
      
   “Despite unfair treatment in the press, this settlement reflects   
   the reasonableness of Ms. Sharpton, who was willing to settle   
   her meritorious claim for a fair amount based on all factors,”   
   he said.   
      
   The deal comes after Sharpton missed four scheduled depositions   
   over six months in 2016, causing city lawyer Michelle Fox to   
   gripe that the plaintiff “stymied the city’s efforts to litigate   
   this matter.”   
      
   Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chan gave Sharpton one   
   last chance to show up or else see her case dismissed.   
      
   When Sharpton sat for a grilling in July 2016, she admitted she   
   changed into party clothes and attended a two-hour gospel   
   concert for her father’s 60th birthday hours after the incident.   
      
   She didn’t break any bones but underwent surgery for ligament   
   tears. Still, the injuries didn’t prevent her from visiting her   
   fiancé in Miami, dancing with her dad in New Orleans, working   
   out and touring the   
   country in a play — all activities she detailed in her   
   deposition.   
      
   The payout surprised legal experts.   
      
   “That sounds like a very generous settlement under the   
   circumstances,” said Elizabeth Eilender, an experienced   
   Manhattan litigator not involved in the case.   
      
   And one longtime personal-injury attorney asked incredulously,   
   “For a sprained ankle they paid $95,000?”   
      
   “Sounds like a f-?-king de Blasio administration settlement to   
   me. It’s really worth about half that, not even, maybe $25,000   
   or $35,000,” said the lawyer, who asked not to be identified.   
      
   The legal shakedown resembles Al Sharpton’s reported use of   
   boycott threats against large companies like McDonald’s and   
   Macy’s to generate large donations.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2018/12/07/sharptons-daughter-gets-95k-   
   settlement-for-sprained-ankle/   
      
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