Allen Houston wins defamation lawsuit with help from Sports Law Blog's Alan Milstein
Kudos to Cynthia Arato and our own Alan
Milstein, who has authored some of the best
postson our blog. Cynthia and Alan
successfully
represented the New York Knicks and the team's assistant general
manager and former NBA all-star Allen Houston in a $7.5 million slander
and interference case.
The lawsuit was brought by Arthur Rondeau, a basketball coach who previously worked
with noted motivational speaker Anthony Robbins. Rondeau claimed he was
instrumental in helping Houston become a better NBA player and that
Houston promised him help landing a coaching job with the Knicks or
another NBA team. In a recent bench-decision, New York state judge
Charles Ramos rejected as too vague Rondeau's assertion
that Houston interfered with Rondeau's coaching aspirations or reneged
on an actionable contract. The judge also did not find support for
Rondeau's contention that Houston slandered him by allegedly telling
others in the NBA that Rondeau was black mailing
him. Additional details of the decision can be found in this Law360
article (subscription only).
-- Posted by Michael McCann @ 1/26/2013 09:51:00 AM --
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