Don King Sues ESPN for $2.5 Billion

nickel · 01-12-2005, 06:51 PM

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Wednesday, January 12, 2005

NEW YORK — Boxing promoter Don King filed a $2.5 billion defamation suit Wednesday, claiming he was portrayed in a false light on an ESPN "SportsCentury" segment aired last May.

The suit, filed in state court in Broward County, Fla., names ESPN, ABC Cable Networks, Advocate Communications and Disney as defendants, claiming King was falsely portrayed as "a con artist and a thug."

"This case is one of the worst examples of reckless broadcast journalism and blatant disregard for the truth," lawyer Willie Gary said.

The flamboyant promoter, who has represented fighters from Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson, has spent much of his career in court. He settled a lawsuit for $7.5 million with former middleweight champion Terry Norris in late 2003 and still faces a $100 million lawsuit filed against him by Tyson.

King also has beaten federal charges, including tax evasion and fraud.

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bachviet · 01-12-2005, 07:24 PM

He didn't steal enough money from his boxers???

Kevster · 01-12-2005, 07:37 PM

I guess he doesn't like the truth so he's suing them out of denial?

ialsohaveadream · 01-12-2005, 07:50 PM

"Only in America!"

whitak24 · 01-12-2005, 08:59 PM

i saw that earlier on yahoo and just laughed. i particularly like the amount: $2.5 BILLION. yeah don, your reputation is really worth that much.

and seriously, if you don't have a reputation worth anything, how can it be damaged?

his claims are just stupid too. for example, he was mad because the broadcast said, "he killed not once, but twice." of course, he served jail time for one of the people he killed. while he went on trial for the other death, he was acquitted for reasons of self-defense. so he has killed two people. notice that ESPN didn't say "he murdered twice." that would be incorrect. but it is certainly true that he killed twice.....just because it was legally excused doesn't mean he didn't kill the person.

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01-12-2005, 07:37 PM	#3
Kevster Admiral Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: NorCal Posts: 6,124	I guess he doesn't like the truth so he's suing them out of denial? __________________ I think over again My small adventures, my fears. The small ones that seemed so big, For all the vital things I had to get and to reach. And yet there is only one great thing, the only thing: To live to see the great day that dawns, And the light that fills the world. -old Inuit song

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01-12-2005, 08:59 PM	#5
whitak24 easily amused Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: my office Posts: 9,781	i saw that earlier on yahoo and just laughed. i particularly like the amount: $2.5 BILLION. yeah don, your reputation is really worth that much. and seriously, if you don't have a reputation worth anything, how can it be damaged? his claims are just stupid too. for example, he was mad because the broadcast said, "he killed not once, but twice." of course, he served jail time for one of the people he killed. while he went on trial for the other death, he was acquitted for reasons of self-defense. so he has killed two people. notice that ESPN didn't say "he murdered twice." that would be incorrect. but it is certainly true that he killed twice.....just because it was legally excused doesn't mean he didn't kill the person.

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