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Hornets apologize after pretending to give child PS5 and taking it away off camera - Yahoo Sports (sports.yahoo.com)

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The skit that "missed the mark" occurred in a break in play during the second quarter of Charlotte's game against the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. The child was brought onto the court with Hugo, the Hornets' mascot, dressed as Santa Claus. After a letter to Santa requesting a PS5 was read out loud, a cheerleader came out with a bag containing the video game console.

The young fan was visibly overjoyed as he received the pricy gift. However, according to an online acquaintance, he was less happy when the cameras turned off and a Hornets staffer took it away, replacing it with a jersey.

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[-] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago

because you said they never intended on giving the kid the gift. It doesn't matter what they intended. They literally did give the kid the gift. and it isn't a joke in any sense of the word. They gave the kid a gift, turned off the cameras, and took it back and gave him something else. That's just theft. It's not a joke, there's nobody that would see it as a joke, it's not even possible to interpret it as a joke, as who would be the audience?

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Gift law, what the original person was talking about, literally states that the donor must intend on giving the gift.

The donor of the gift must have a present intent to make a gift of the property to the donee.

If you come over to my house and say "hey, nice PS5" and I say "you want it? It's yours!" and then before you leave I say "I was just joking, you can't leave with my PS5." You really think you can go to the police and have me charged with theft?

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