June 14, 2023
A Manhattan federal judge shot down a request to recuse himself in former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley's suit against Madison Square Garden and team owner James Dolan over his ejection from the stands in a 2017 game, saying the court's previous dismissal of the case is not a legitimate reason to ask for a recusal.
February 08, 2023
Incomplete video footage of ex-Knicks player Charles Oakley being thrown out of Madison Square Garden doesn't support a federal judge's decision to end his suit against Knicks owner James Dolan, a plaintiffs bar group told the Second Circuit on Tuesday.
March 08, 2022
Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley urged the Second Circuit on Tuesday to revive his assault lawsuit against Madison Square Garden and its chairman, saying a jury — not a judge — should determine whether security used excessive force when they booted him from the arena in 2017.
December 03, 2021
Former Knicks star Charles Oakley told a Manhattan federal judge that Madison Square Garden and its chairman can't pursue sanctions over a protracted legal battle regarding his 2017 ejection from the arena because the case was brought in good faith and has already been dismissed.
November 29, 2021
Sanctions should be imposed on former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley and his counsel from Wigdor LLP for using an assault lawsuit built on "bald-faced lies" to orchestrate a "smear campaign" against Madison Square Garden, a representative for the famed arena told a Manhattan federal judge Monday.
November 08, 2021
Former Knicks player Charles Oakley's claims that he was assaulted when he was ejected from a February 2017 basketball game at Madison Square Garden have been thrown out of New York federal court, with the judge finding Monday that video evidence undermines every one of the ex-player's claims in the suit.
February 22, 2021
New York Knicks owner James Dolan urged a federal judge Friday not to give former player Charles Oakley another shot at amending his claims that excessive force was used to eject him from a 2017 game, saying the request is part of a "public relations campaign."
December 22, 2020
A New York federal judge appears poised to again toss a lawsuit from former New York Knicks forward Charles Oakley alleging security guards used excessive force during his controversial ejection from Madison Square Garden during a 2017 Knicks game, questioning whether video evidence backs Oakley's version of the events.
February 19, 2020
A New York federal judge on Wednesday threw out a suit by former New York Knicks forward Charles Oakley against the team's owner and Madison Square Garden over his ejection from the arena, saying Oakley's complaint fails to show how he was allegedly assaulted or defamed.
April 03, 2018
New York Knicks owner James Dolan asked a Manhattan federal judge to dismiss defamation and other claims by Charles Oakley stemming from a shoving incident last year at Madison Square Garden, saying the former NBA star doesn't have a case.