Tratos: the lawsuit filed by Mayweather against Top Rank is now proceeding

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Mayweather’s lawyer Mark G. Tratos
http://www.usnewslasvegas.com/sports...ather-alleges/

Floyd “Money” Mayweather, Jr. has suggested that Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao badly wants his deposition before he faces Victor Ortiz on Sept. 17 so as to “disrupt” his training “regimen” because Pacman’s Top Rank promoter “has financial interest” on Ortiz.


Tratos also disclosed that after being delayed for a period of time pending a motion to dismiss, the lawsuit filed by Mayweather against Pacquiao’s promoter, Top Rank, over Top Rank’s refusal to provide proper accounting from Top Rank’s previous promotion of Mayweather’s fight “is now proceeding.”

After Golden Boy’s Oscar de la Hoya and Richard Schaefer were discharged from the defamation suit filed by Pacquiao, Pacquiao “unilaterally set Mayweather’s deposition for a date only two weeks later” on the day it was announced that Mayweather had an upcoming fight with Ortiz, who is promoted by Golden Boy. Ortiz was formerly promoted by Top Rank.

In a 22-page opposition to Pacman’s motion for default and dismissal filed Aug. 22 before the U.S. District Court of Nevada in Las Vegas, Mayweather’s lawyer Mark G. Tratos offered to pay the costs of Mayweather’s non-appearance to deposition “to include reasonable attorneys’ fees” and “future deposition” but wants to Court to deny Pacman’s “motion for default and dismissal.”

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Unilaterally setting Mayweather’s deposition six months before the close of discovery – then refusing to agree upon a mutually convenient date – as mere gamesmanship, Tratos alleged that Pacquiao discrediting Mayweather “before the court by portraying his promotional efforts as “partying” – when Mayweather does not drink, smoke or take drugs – appear(s) to be more of the same.”

If Pacquiao really wanted to depose Mayweather, he should have submitted “written discovery” to Mayweather, Tratos said.
And if Pacquiao wants to depose Mayweather early, he should also make available for depositions Alex Ariza and Freddie Roach, Pacquiao’s trainers, sooner than Pacquaio’s suggested “mid-November, 2011,” argues Tratos.

so pacquiao don't want to agree to a mutual date ?

[Brother Jay]

I'm just wondering if called to testify under oath on the stand, will Ariza testify that he has absolutely no knowledge that Pacquiao has EVER used PEDs. Will he testify that he has never GIVEN Pacquiao PEDs without Pacquiao's consent or knowledge?

That ought to be very interesting.

Its one thing to deny an allegation when you're just shooting the ****. Its completely another to falsely testify under oath when perjury ramifications can easily cost you 20 years in prison.

And if all of Team Pacquiao is made aware of that and realizes that their assses are on the line and they aren't the ones making millions, they just might have a change of heart.

[RajahBell]

Floyd had great excuses for not attending a Court-ordered deposition. Shame on Manny for putting a magical spell on the Judge so that the date of the deposition is during Floyd's training. Check this out from the same article, Sounds like rigorous training to me:

NOT AVAILABLE FOR DEPOSITION

On June 17 when Mayweather could not attend the deposition sought by Manny Pacquiao’s lawyers, Mayweather claimed that he would not be available for it because it would be “the week of the 20th” when he kicked off his media campaign to promote his fight. The press tour actually began not on June 20 but June 28, 2011.

Although the lawyers of Mayweather filed an Emergency Appeal of Judge (Robert J.) Johnston’s order denying the postponement of Mayweather’s deposition for three months or more and asked for oral argument to “explain the rigors of the intense training schedule,” Pacquiao’s lawyers still offered to depose Mayweather later in early and mid-July.

But Mayweather refused to participate in Court-ordered discovery because it interfered with his partying schedule, according to a 15-page motion for default and dismissal of Mayweather countersuit filed by Marroso on Aug. 3rd.

On July 1—a date Pacquiao offered to depose Mayweather and Mayweather declined—Mayweather hosted a party at a nightclub (Club Primal) in Atlanta.

The next day, July 2nd, Mayweather encouraged fans to join him at “Club Eve” in Area hotel in Las Vegas.

On July 3rd, Mayweather attended an adults-only “Midnite Theme Park Party” at Circus Circus in Las Vegas to celebrate rapper (Curtis Jackson) “50 Cent’s” birthday.

[Check_hooks]

Floyd is once again ducking and dodgeing Pacquiaos defamation case. This whole thing would've been settled by now if he had just showed up when the judge told him to. Its only gonna cost Floyd more out of his pocket when he has to pay for not only his attorney fee's but also Pacs when he inevitably loses.

And Arums got the best lawyers in the country working for him. Top Ranks always embarrases anyone who takes them to court and this time it will be no different.

[Everywhere]

Floyd is once again ducking and dodgeing Pacquiaos defamation case. This whole thing would've been settled by now if he had just showed up when the judge told him to. Its only gonna cost Floyd more out of his pocket when he has to pay for not only his attorney fee's but also Pacs when he inevitably loses.

And Arums got the best lawyers in the country working for him. Top Ranks always embarrases anyone who takes them to court and this time it will be no different.

another pinoy expert on the American legal system...you do know if Floyd never shows up the most he can owe is 1 million USD right?...I doubt that can even cover Pacquiao's ********** and ******** spendings for a week

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another pinoy expert on the American legal system...you do know if Floyd never shows up the most he can owe is 1 million USD right?...I doubt that can even cover Pacquiao's ********** and ******** spendings for a week

how do you know that?? are you sure?

[AFighter4U]

Obviously Floyd considers attending his various parties and training for his match to be more important than attending this deposition.

one thing for sure is that only time will tell if this decision of floyd jr to continuously ignore the deposition is a wise choice or not.

[MindBat]

another pinoy expert on the American legal system...you do know if Floyd never shows up the most he can owe is 1 million USD right?...I doubt that can even cover Pacquiao's ********** and ******** spendings for a week

Ouch!