By Lem Satterfield
Manny Pacquiao's lawsuit, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for defamation of character, will move forward against Floyd Mayweather Jr., Roger Mayweather, Floyd Mayweather Sr., Golden Boy President Oscar De La Hoya and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
The lawsuit papers, which Pacquiao's legal team filed in December, claim the defendants damaged Pacquiao's image by making allegations that he was using performance enhancing drugs. According to Pacquiao's attorney, Daniel Petrocelli, the case will likely go to trial in 2011.
"We think that it will go to trial, but given how the process works, it won't be anytime this year, but probably sometime next year. There is no schedule set," Petrocelli said.
Lem Satterfield is the boxing editor at AOL FanHouse and the news editor at BoxingScene.com. To read more from Lem Satterfield, go to AOL FanHouse by Clicking Here.
