It will be a slightly less happy holiday for Monta Ellis and his Golden State Warriors. Erika Ross Smith filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Ellis and the Warriors of sexual harassment. She claims that starting in November 2010 Ellis started texting her several times a day. He would make unwanted advances and – lucky [...]
You may have heard by now that a group of retired players have filed a lawsuit against the NFL, the named plaintiffs in the Tom Brady anti-trust lawsuit, and NFLPA director DeMaurice Smith. They are essentially claiming that the current regime in the NFL doesn’t care about retired players. In the 64-page document, there is [...]
It seems like Dez Bryant isn’t the only Cowboys WR having off-field jewelry issues. Roy Williams, who many think will be cut three minutes after the lockout is lifted, is suing his ex-fiancee-but-not-really-because-she-said-no to get a ring back that’s worth about $76,000 Hey, he needs something to tip the pizza boy with. Williams apparently mailed [...]
We didn’t post anything on this initially and we’re glad we didn’t. Because every so many hours, we find out that yet another person is suing Dallas Cowboys WR Dez Bryant. There is now a third lawsuit that has come to light that was filed back in January 2010. A property manager is suing for [...]
The New York Times is reporting that a lawsuit filed by the trustee of victims of Bernie Madoff’s Ponzi scheme accuses the Wilpons (owners of the New York Mets) of ignoring warning signs that Madoff was a fraud. The suit contends that owners Saul Katz and Fred Wilpon used their profits from Madoff to establish [...]
On Tuesday, a Jewish hockey player sued the NHL’s Anaheim Mighty Ducks, claiming that a couple of the coaches of the team’s affiliates harassed him and made anti-Semitic remarks. Jason Bailey, 23, is seeking damages from the Mighty Ducks, the Bakersfield Condors and coaches Martin Raymond and Mark Pederson. And you thought only blacks were [...]
I thought the most-likely retirement and the $50,000 paid to Jenn Sterger was it. I thought Brett Favre was starting to slip out of our lives. Guess what? He’s back. Two former New York Jets massage therapists filed a lawsuit against Favre, the New York Jets, and Lisa Ripi (she hired the massage therapists for [...]
It’s probably about time former NFL player Dave Meggett goes to jail. After numerous sexual assault cases in Toronto and North Carolina, Meggett was finally sentenced to 30 years behind bars on charges of criminal sexual conduct and burglary, stemming from an encounter with a college student in North Charleston, S. C. in January 2009. [...]
Who knows if there is any merit to this, but a former employee of Boston Celtics C Shaquille O’Neal is suing the big man for computer hacking and destruction of evidence. Shawn Darling claims that while he worked for Shaq and his family between late 2007 to November 2009, Shaq had him delete legally sensitive [...]
In 2007, 19-year old Marcus Reason was gunned down and killed in a drive-by shooting in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Jamar Evans pleaded guilty to the murder last January and was sentenced to between nine and 20 years in prison. Guess who was driving the vehicle? Sacramento Kings rookie Tyreke Evans. Police reports have said that [...]
Ok, ok, that’s not entirely true. But, our pals at TMZ (they know who we are) are reporting that several photographers have filed a lawsuit in NY federal court suing Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen over a shooting incident in Costa Rica. Supposedly, Brady and his broad had some wedding party festivities or something and [...]