Singer Ryan Leslie makes a YouTube video offering $1 million for the safe return of his stolen laptop and an external hard drive. A German man finds them. Leslie refuses to pay. A court decides he has to.
In the throes of anguish, we make promises that if only the anguish can be removed we will be eternally grateful.
Now a court has decided that such promises are legally enforceable.
For here is the tale of Ryan Leslie, a Harvard-educated singer, songwriter, and producer (Booba and Cory Gunz are two acts whom he has graced), who had his laptop and an external hard drive stolen in 2010 from a black Mercedes in Cologne, Germany.
Leslie was in pain. He took to YouTube, where he offered $1 million for the safe return of the gadgets.
How bursting with joy Leslie must have been when Armin Augstein, who owns an auto-repair shop, found them in a park as he was walking his dog.
Somehow, though, Leslie may have decided that his initial offer of $1 million might have been hasty. What seems clear is that he refused to pay. Which led to Augstein taking him to court.
this article misses out a number of important facts which ryan himself has clarified. yeah he promised $1m to whoever could return his stolen tech, however when the tech was returned his hard drive was ruined and all the important files on it had been removed (so he basically lost everything) and that's why he refused to pay. all he got back was a worthless laptop
sucks that he had to pay the $1m anyway but technically he didn't specify that all the files had to be returned in order to claim the cash sooo
This is so silly, didn't the guy stole the laptop though? Why doesn't Ryan sue him for theft? Idgi
"Armin Augstein, who owns an auto-repair shop, found them in a park as he was walking his dog."
And I guess I'll start looking at YouTube videos more and see if there's stuff people say that I can sue, wtf, there wasn't even an official/legal promise by Ryan, was there?
this article misses out a number of important facts which ryan himself has clarified. yeah he promised $1m to whoever could return his stolen tech, however when the tech was returned his hard drive was ruined and all the important files on it had been removed (so he basically lost everything) and that's why he refused to pay. all he got back was a worthless laptop
sucks that he had to pay the $1m anyway but technically he didn't specify that all the files had to be returned in order to claim the cash sooo
Yea I know it's a mess.
He did mention the 'intellectual property' when he raised the reward:
this article misses out a number of important facts which ryan himself has clarified. yeah he promised $1m to whoever could return his stolen tech, however when the tech was returned his hard drive was ruined and all the important files on it had been removed (so he basically lost everything) and that's why he refused to pay. all he got back was a worthless laptop
sucks that he had to pay the $1m anyway but technically he didn't specify that all the files had to be returned in order to claim the cash sooo
this article misses out a number of important facts which ryan himself has clarified. yeah he promised $1m to whoever could return his stolen tech, however when the tech was returned his hard drive was ruined and all the important files on it had been removed (so he basically lost everything) and that's why he refused to pay. all he got back was a worthless laptop
sucks that he had to pay the $1m anyway but technically he didn't specify that all the files had to be returned in order to claim the cash sooo
More like, when he received his computer, he decided to save all the missing stuff and tell people he lost it so he wouldn't have to distribute the one million dollar reward.
More like, when he received his computer, he decided to save all the missing stuff and tell people he lost it so he wouldn't have to distribute the one million dollar reward.
his word against yours, and i sure as hell know which story i believe
Why doesn't Ryan sue him for theft? Idgi 
