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Manny Pacquiao's lawyer: Suit against Floyd Mayweather, others could be worth 'millions'
By David Mayo | The Grand Rapids Press
December 30, 2009, 10:25PM
Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao’s attorney said the federal lawsuit filed against Floyd Mayweather and five other defendants Wednesday in Las Vegas, alleging defamation of character, could be worth “in the tens of millions of dollars.”
Daniel Petrocelli, in an interview with The Press, said the defendants all have made statements alleging Pacquiao used performance-enhancing drugs, which he termed “inexcusable” and “unconscionable.”
“Manny did not relish having to bring this lawsuit but he really had no choice, given the statements that were made, not once, not twice, but numerous times,” Petrocelli said.
The lawsuit, filed on Pacquiao’s behalf by Petrocelli, named Mayweather, his father Floyd Mayweather Sr., his uncle and trainer Roger Mayweather, Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya, and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
“Manny Pacquiao has an unblemished reputation,” Petrocelli said. “He’s one of the hardest-working, hardest-training athletes. He has a world-class reputation. And for these guys to publicly brand him a cheater is unconscionable. They have no evidence that he has ever taken steroids or any performance-enhancing drugs.
“Who knows what their motivation was, but they were way out of bounds in their public comments, and now they’ll have to be held accountable.”
Petrocelli, a Los Angeles-based attorney, is best known for winning a 1997 wrongful-death civil judgment against O.J. Simpson.
“You do not publicly state that a world-class athlete -- any athlete -- is illegally taking drugs, unless you know for a fact they’re doing so,” he said. “Otherwise, you’re breaking the law. And you’re playing with a person’s reputation that has taken years of hard work to earn.
“They’ve already done untold damage, in the tens of millions of dollars, and we’re going to see that this doesn’t happen again, and we’re going to recover for all the damage that they’ve already inflicted.”
http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/inde...r_suit_ag.html
By David Mayo | The Grand Rapids Press
December 30, 2009, 10:25PM
Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao’s attorney said the federal lawsuit filed against Floyd Mayweather and five other defendants Wednesday in Las Vegas, alleging defamation of character, could be worth “in the tens of millions of dollars.”Daniel Petrocelli, in an interview with The Press, said the defendants all have made statements alleging Pacquiao used performance-enhancing drugs, which he termed “inexcusable” and “unconscionable.”
“Manny did not relish having to bring this lawsuit but he really had no choice, given the statements that were made, not once, not twice, but numerous times,” Petrocelli said.
The lawsuit, filed on Pacquiao’s behalf by Petrocelli, named Mayweather, his father Floyd Mayweather Sr., his uncle and trainer Roger Mayweather, Mayweather Promotions, Golden Boy Promotions president Oscar De La Hoya, and Golden Boy CEO Richard Schaefer.
“Manny Pacquiao has an unblemished reputation,” Petrocelli said. “He’s one of the hardest-working, hardest-training athletes. He has a world-class reputation. And for these guys to publicly brand him a cheater is unconscionable. They have no evidence that he has ever taken steroids or any performance-enhancing drugs.
“Who knows what their motivation was, but they were way out of bounds in their public comments, and now they’ll have to be held accountable.”
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“You do not publicly state that a world-class athlete -- any athlete -- is illegally taking drugs, unless you know for a fact they’re doing so,” he said. “Otherwise, you’re breaking the law. And you’re playing with a person’s reputation that has taken years of hard work to earn.
“They’ve already done untold damage, in the tens of millions of dollars, and we’re going to see that this doesn’t happen again, and we’re going to recover for all the damage that they’ve already inflicted.”
http://www.mlive.com/mayweather/inde...r_suit_ag.html
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