Allen Iverson Must Pay Up
Posted by Media Outrage on March 25th, 2009
Yesterday a Federal Appeals Court ruled against A.I. in a lawsuit. Iverson will have to pay $260,000 to a man for sitting idly by and watching his bodyguard beat the living dog sh*t out of a man.
Via ESPN:
WASHINGTON — NBA star Allen Iverson must pay $260,000 for standing idly by and watching his bodyguard beat up another man in a 2005 bar fight, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the Detroit Pistons guard’s attempt to throw out the verdict decided by a jury in 2007.
Bar patron Marlin Godfrey accused Iverson’s bodyguard, Jason Kane, of punching, kicking and hitting him with a bottle because he refused to vacate the VIP section at Washington club Eyebar to make way for the basketball star and his entourage. Godfrey suffered a concussion, a ruptured eardrum, a burst blood vessel in his eye, a torn rotator cuff, cuts and bruises, and emotional injuries.
A three-judge appeals court panel wrote that Iverson stayed out of the fray in the back corner of the VIP area, standing on a couch or bench and observing.
“The evidence in this case supported the jury’s finding that Kane attacked Godfrey in a fight that lasted several minutes, and that Iverson stood and watched without attempting to do anything to stop the beating,” the decision said.
Godfrey and another patron, David Anthony Kittrell, sued Iverson for $20 million, but the jury decided not to aware punitive damages and only compensate Godfrey $10,000 for his medical bills and $250,000 for pain and suffering. The jury did not find either of the men liable for assaulting Kittrell.
Mediaoutrage- Not a good look on A.I.’s part to watch his bodyguard beat a man like a run-a-way. Not a good look at all.
March 25th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
He better pay up and be happy it wasn’t 20milli.
What hap 2 the bodyguard? Was he arrested? Or what?
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March 25th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Can anybody help me understand why a thug needs a bodyguard? Besides being a walking graffiti, AI is a STD waiting for his next jumpoff.. His stock is down. Every August you can find AI hanging around Hampton University for the incoming freshmen female class.
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March 25th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
ummm…wow! Okay then…..don’t get it,but hey. I really don’t get why some people say Percy Harvin look like him……he don’t…they both look good though……
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March 25th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Lol @ Yea I Said It
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March 25th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Well when you hang in the clubs like its a part-time job, this what happens …I bet Ann wants to fight the guy ..@ YEA i said it -I want a refund …are you serious ? He can’t be that desperate with all that money..Five kids and still chasing kids aint cute..
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March 25th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
@ Lacy I kid you not… He hangs around Newport, and hampton as if it’s a the players club when freshmen year starts up in August… If anybody is from the Virginia area,especially around Hampton University, shout out if you have the same info..
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March 25th, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Damn he still doing the same shit he did on Philly , cheating on his wife and not spending time with his kids ..I don’t understand why his wife is still there …She must be waiting for HIV to leave ..
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March 25th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
Lol @ Lacy
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March 25th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
Im tryin to figure out why he gotta get sued. if somebody who work for me whoop somebody ass, why I gotta pay? Just cuz I happened to watch the fight? Yea, whatever. If I was sued for every fight I ever watched, I wouldn’t have a dime. I done seen some shit! Lol
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March 25th, 2009 at 11:22 pm
Damn AI why didn’t you just pull out your phone and record the ish.
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March 25th, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Damn!
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March 26th, 2009 at 1:18 am
LOL @ Lacy ” She must be waiting for HIV to leave” that shit is funny
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March 26th, 2009 at 3:27 am
OH WELL…
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March 26th, 2009 at 4:39 am
Sued for watching a fight?! The world is definitely changing. Why didn’t he go after the bodyguard instead of AI?!
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March 26th, 2009 at 11:11 am
first of all, why so many damn tattoes, I cannot understand for the life of me, why anyone in his / her right mind would want to cover their body with that garbage, that shit looks tacky, he is thru!!!
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