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| If this place has free HBO, shouldn't your local Hospital? |
(New York Post) - The television-obsessed New York man who brutally beat his wife because she did not pay for premium cable channels while he was in the hospital has been charged with killing her, authorities announced Wednesday. Thomas Scala, of Staten Island, was charged with criminally negligent homicide for causing the death of his 59-year-old spouse, Blanche, by hitting her in the head during a Nov. 26, 2010 fight inside their New Dorp Beach home, according to the Staten Island District Attorney's office. Scala, 57, a diabetic with a long history of medical issues, allegedly went ballistic because his wife had not footed the $5.75-a-day for him to watch his favorite shows while he was laid up in the hospital during Thanksgiving. When the woman tried to retreat to a neighbor's home, Scala allegedly set her clothes on fire. She suffered a wound to her head -- possibly caused by a thrown ashtray -- that triggered fatal bleeding on her brain. She died the next day.
Condolences to Blanche's family...
Holy shit there is a lot going on here, but I think we can all agree on one thing, this is all the hospitals fault. $5-frigen-.75 per day for cable channels? WTF? Price gouge much you fascist pigs?
Dude is already laid up, running up unseemly bills for his extended stay in the ER, the least you could do is cop a brother some free HBO. Shit, every sketch ball motel for miles tosses in HBO for free, you'd think HMO's and medicare would be able to cover it. We're talking about dying people here, are we really going to force them to watch basic cable and suffer at the whim of whatever the hell Ted Turner has decided his conglomeration of like 18 basic cable channels should show this season? That's enough to drive anyone to murder.
PS: anyone named Blanche either lives on, or has lived on Staten Island, right? I can't be the only one that makes that assumption.
