Bill Belichick is sued for 184 million bucks
September 30, 2007 by James Edwards
Filed under New England Patriots, New York Jets
NFL Football at its best. NFL Football at its craziest.
Bill says if you don’t like it then Sue Me!
A New York Jets fan is suing Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots for 184 million dollars for deceiving customers.
The two calculated that because customers paid $61.6 million to watch eight “fraudulent” games, they’re entitled to triple that amount — or $184.8 million — in compensation under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act and the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act.
“How many times have the Patriots done this? We find it hard to believe they did it just once,” Mayer said. “We just want to get to the truth of the matter of what the Patriots did to the Jets. I think the ticket holders are genuinely concerned about it. This is a type of misrepresentation.” source
What about the 2 guys that filed the lawsuit? Who the heck are they?
Mayer and Afran, who consider themselves public interest lawyers, have been thorns in the side of New Jersey politicians for years, filing lawsuits and demanding investigations to advance their grievances. They are well known in the state but generally have had little success in their causes.
Both have lost bids for elected offices, and Mayer once served as a presidential campaign adviser to Ralph Nader.
Their demand in March for a probe of Gov. Jon S. Corzine’s gifts to a former girlfriend was rejected by a federal prosecutor. In 2006, a judge vetoed their effort to block Corzine’s appointment of Rep. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., to fill the governor’s seat in the U.S. Senate.
They also failed to get a court to order a special election to replace Gov. James E. McGreevey when he resigned in 2004.
Doesn’t sound too good does it? Still, the 2 of them were very bothered by this blatant cheating.
“Having been a lifelong Jets fan, as soon as I heard this, I was completely outraged,” Mayer said. “The NFL just slapped them on the wrist. I’m a consumer lawyer, and this is consumer fraud.”
Actually, it still mystifies the Squibster that the Patriots cheated against the Lions, too.
They had to cheat to beat the Lions? Make them pay the 184 million!
NFL Football Fan Question This is just too crazy! What crazy lawsuit are you planning?
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