January 12, 2018
Former basketball star Charles Oakley has an "uphill climb" to prevail on his defamation claims against New York Knicks owner James Dolan after a shoving incident last year at Madison Square Garden, a Manhattan federal judge said Friday.
November 14, 2017
Madison Square Garden's owner finally responded Monday to a libel and slander suit brought in September by former New York Knicks basketball player Charles Oakley, telling a New York federal judge in a letter that Oakley has a history of violent behavior and his ouster from MSG after a fight was justified.
September 12, 2017
Charles Oakley, a popular power forward for the New York Knicks in the 1980s and 1990s, sued team owner James Dolan in New York federal court Tuesday for allegedly humiliating the ex-basketball player by getting him kicked out of Madison Square Garden then calling him an alcoholic.