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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
I dont think thats necessarily the case. A huge amount of lawsuits are settled, not because its an admission of guilt or because it makes them look bad, but because its cheaper. Fighting a lawsuit is prohibitively expensive, and a settlement which costs less and doesn't involve and admission of guilt just makes more sense.

The whole point of settling is that its in both parties interests, not that will always shows guilt or innocence
gpt
100k in court and attorney fees for what is a civil case?

This is 100% a payoff because they are terrified of a title 9 investigation which could cut off their federal funding. 

You settle for 100k when you are terrified of discovery