Breaking News: Mayweathers and GBP Have 21 Days To Answer The Civil Suit!

[HaglerSteelChin]

I am not sure what the breaking news is? This is not a big deal as we knew after the suit was filed they have a chance to do a verified answer.

GBP can do 3 things:

1- Do the Verified Answer to each single point, if they are not sure they can deny sufficient belief to know if its true or not. The whole complaint is 12 pages which is mickey mouse for federal court, i sued my former boss an Attorney who made $3 million a year and my complaint was 17 pages and it was just supreme court for civil claims(25,000 or more for supreme court- $75,000 or more for federal court).

2- They may do a motion for extension of time: they can say they need to speak to all the defendants on the case and some are living in different states and due to schedules they need time for everyone to get together. The courts give leverage on cases where there are muliple defendants on the caption I prepared motions of extension of time and also Affirmations of Prior Engagement- they can get more time its not impossible.

3- If both parties are williing to settle and i dont think an index# has even purchased yet as i dont think the affidavit of service has been filed with the court yet- there can be a settlement before it even goes further. Top Rank is more interested in just having GBP waive any rights or interests in future fights with pac, i am sure if they agree you would get a stipulation of discontunance with Prejudice and General releases agreeing on various clauses. GBP and Mayweather would want assurance that they wont be held any further liability and Top Rank would want GBP from making profits out of pac and also a non dispairrage clause where if GBP or Mayweather mention PED's again they can get an automatic default judgment on GBP and Mayweather.

This is not really breaking news- its just standard civil procedure, the news was when the suit was filed with the federal court.

[wXh..]

ehm...just $ 75,000 dollars? Thats nothing.

[HaglerSteelChin]

ehm...just $ 75,000 dollars? Thats nothing.

Well that is just the minumum amount needed to file on the federal court- but usually at the end they would say "Or any other relief the court deems proper, just and fair." There is no cap on it, but Top Rank would have to cite damages and losses ie : Lost of awards, endorsement deals, money wasted due to their allegations. Punitive Damages is more what they want which is basically a civil penatly to deter them from doing it again.

[Amadla Ngawethu]

MAYWEATHERS' TURN TO ANSWER PACQUIAO LAWSUIT
by Joseph Lariosa, GMA News, January 1, 2010 20:21:48
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CHICAGO, Illinois – Floyd Mayweather Jr., his father Floyd Sr. and Oscar De La Hoya have 21 days to answer the 12-page civil suit filed by Manny Pacquiao on Wednesday, Dec. 30, before the United States District Court of Nevada in Las Vegas, according to the summons issued by the Clerk of Court.

Court records showed that aside from the three, De La Hoya-owned Golden Boy Promotions (GBP) chief executive officer Richard Schaefer, and Mayweather’s trainer and uncle, Roger Mayweather, are also being summoned.

Both De La Hoya and Schaefer are from Los Angeles, California; Floyd Jr. and Roger Mayweather are based in Las Vegas; while Mayweather Sr. is from Michigan.

The complaint was filed by Attorneys Eric D. Hone and Franchesca Van Buren, both of Nevada, on behalf of Pacquiao’s California-based lawyers Daniel M. Petrocelli and David Marroso.

The lawsuit is seeking "in excess of $75,000" in damages, claiming that Hatton’s trainer, Mayweather, Sr., “directly asserted" during a Grand Rapids Press interview that “Pacquiao used performing-enhancing drugs" in the latter's winning bout with Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton last May.

Pacquiao taking "supplements"

After saying he "believes" Pacquiao was taking “some type of supplements," Mayweather Sr. said, "The steroids aren’t going to make [Pacquiao] no faster. It’s going to make him relentless and hit strong, but that’s it."
Mayweather Sr.

The interview circulated across numerous Web sites – boxingscene.com, doghouseboxing.com and univision.com.

The lawsuit also alleged that in mid-September 2009, Ronnie Nathanielsz, a sports reporter for Philippine publication Manila Standard Today and boxing website philboxing.com, visited the GBP offices in Los Angeles, where he met with Schaefer.

During the meeting, Schaefer said that he was sure Pacquiao was using performance-enhancing drugs.

In October 2009, Mayweather Jr. told Sirius Satellite Radio’s “The Boxing Truth Radio", that his physical development differed from that of Pacquiao “'cause we know the Philippines got the best enhancing drugs."

On Nov. 14, 2009, Mayweather Sr. told Yahoo! Sports reporter Martin Rogers that “If I was Floyd, I wouldn’t fight him (Pacquiao)... It just don’t add up. Take a look at them old pictures, man. That’s a different dude. And he got knocked out when he was 30 pounds lighter, but now he can stand there and take Cotto’s [reference to the Nov. 14, 2009 bout] best shots? Come on."

"My son is the best fighter in the world"
On Nov. 25, 2009, Mayweather, Sr. told Sports Illustrated that Pacquiao’s ability to take (his opponents’) power punches proved the champion (Pacquiao) was taking performance-enhancing substances."

Floyd Sr. believes his son is the “best" fighter in the world, “[b]ut when [your opponent] uses something illegal, even the best can get hurt."

The complaint said that even if Pacquiao was “prepared and offered to submit to a blood test in January 2010, another blood test 30 days before a potential fight with Mayweather, Jr., a blood test immediately upon the conclusion of the fight and random urine tests at any point in between, and any tests ordered by the Nevada Athletic Commission,"

Mayweather, Jr. and his representatives still continue to make “false public statements that Pacquiao had taken performance-enhancing drugs in the past."

The complaint added that De La Hoya, in a recent blog post, said: “If Pacquiao, the toughest guy on the planet, is afraid of needles and having a few tablespoons of blood drawn from his system, then, something is wrong. The guy has tattoos everywhere; he’s tattooed from top to bottom. You’re telling me, he’s afraid of needles?"

“Now I have to wonder about him. I’m saying to myself, ‘Wow, those Mosley punches, those Vargas punches and those Pacquiao punches all felt the same.’"

Fernando Vargas tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs after a 2002 fight against De La Hoya and Shane Mosley admitted taking steroids before fighting De La Hoya a year later.

Leaked ‘untrue’ report
The complaint also accused Mayweather, Jr. of leaking an "untrue" report that came out in the New York Daily News on Dec. 25, 2009 that said, “According to a source familiar with the talks, Pacquiao’s representatives asked what penalties Pacquiao would face if he tested dirty, and also if a dirty test result could be kept secret so that the integrity of the fight wouldn’t be ruined in the public eye."

In a Dec. 30, 2009 column from Boxingscene.com, Roger Mayweather said: “I know he’s got somethin’ in his system anyway. We gonna’ find out what he got in his system when these real doctors have him take the tests."

The lawsuit said the statements of Mayweather, Jr. and the others have had an “instant and devastating impact on Pacquiao’s professional and personal reputation as the world’s premier pound-for-pound’ professional boxer" and could affect his “ability to earn the highest level of purses, endorsements, and other contracts."

It said the false statements are “motivated by ill-will, spite, malice, revenge, and envy."

GMANews.TV tried to get the side of GBP and Mayweather Promotions but they did not return calls seeking comment on the lawsuit. – Joseph Lariosa, GMANews.TV


http://www.gmanews.tv/story/180609/mayw ... ao-lawsuit

This is a waste of time.Many of the allegations can not be proved because they are heresay and those that can be proved are debatable.For the record DelaHoya asked questions and it's easy to defend what he said.Manny's wasting his time there.Team mayweather's team is working on the defence anywhere so this will do nowhere

[Mr. Chago]

how do you know he's not??

Not even he knows, LOL.... according to Ariza.