October 04, 2024
In this week's Off The Bench, friction over the pending settlement in the vast NCAA name, image and likeness compensation class action fuels an attorney feud, the widow of a "Hard Knocks" production assistant blames the league for his death, and Michael Jordan accuses NASCAR of having a motorsports monopoly.
October 04, 2024
A Manhattan federal jury on Friday convicted a Georgia businessman and recidivist fraudster of conning former NBA players Dwight Howard and Chandler Parsons out of $8 million through the use of forged documents and other lies.
October 03, 2024
A Manhattan federal jury on Thursday prepared to deliberate fraud charges against a Georgia businessman accused of fleecing ex-NBA superstar Dwight Howard out of $7 million, after the defendant's lawyer argued that Howard misleadingly portrayed himself as a naive victim.
October 01, 2024
Dwight Howard's NBA contracts exceeding $240 million over his 18-year playing career are irrelevant to charges that an Atlanta businessman defrauded the ex-basketball superstar out of $7 million, a Manhattan federal judge held Tuesday.
September 26, 2024
Former NBA superstar Dwight Howard told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday that an Atlanta businessman tricked him into making a $7 million investment that he thought was for the purchase of a women's basketball franchise, a promise that turned out to be "a slap in the face."
September 23, 2024
David Letterman was excused from a Manhattan federal jury pool Monday ahead of the trial of a businessman accused of defrauding NBA athletes including former Los Angeles Laker Dwight Howard, after a lawyer said his son had interacted with the late-night television legend.
February 16, 2024
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday allowed a former basketball agent from Texas to avoid prison after he admitted forging an unnamed NBA player's signature in a fraudulent scheme to obtain a $1 million loan from the player.
January 23, 2024
Prosecutors have asked a Manhattan federal judge to sentence a financial planner to at least two years in prison for participating in a scheme to defraud NBA players out of millions of dollars, saying he helped to abuse the players' trust for profit.
November 09, 2023
A former NBA agent pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in Manhattan federal court Wednesday, less than eight months after being accused of working with others in a scheme to defraud pro basketball players.
October 12, 2023
A former partner at an unnamed law firm admitted in Manhattan federal court Thursday to scamming multiple NBA players in an insurance scheme that netted him and a co-defendant millions.