Thursday, February 4th, 2010 at 10:00 am  |  79 responses

Allen Iverson Sued: $2.5 Mil

Why, yes, it’s another legal battle for The Answer: “An Ohio resident has filed a civil lawsuit against former Piston Allen Iverson that seeks $2.5 million plus damages stemming from an alleged incident at a Detroit nightspot last spring. In an eight-page complaint filed in district court, Guy Walker claims he ‘suffered severe pain, emotional distress and mental anguish’ from injuries suffered during an altercation at the South Beach Pizza Bar on the night of April 11. Walker claims Antwuan Clisey, a Virginia resident, was working as a member of Iverson’s security detail when Clisey initiated an unprovoked attack that cleared the bar, and Iverson, who was escorted away from the scene, did nothing to stop the altercation. The complaint says Walker suffered ‘an orbital blowout fracture of the eye’ as well as other injuries.”

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  • Randy Brown

    Orbital Blowout should be a band name

  • Ronald

    sigh…i love how you all are hating on the person for suing iverson directly.

    every client is advised to sue the employer and never the employee. this is law101. don’t call them money grubbers just because he is doing the logical thing.

    just because the employer (iverson) is known individually does not mean that he is not prone to comitting mistakes/legal wrongs as much as any other employer (i.e big companies that all of you would jump on when something goes wrong)

  • therighttoremainsalient

    @Randy Brown – It’s probably already on mySpace somewhere…

  • tomtom

    REAL PEOPLE. REAL CASES…JUDGE JUDY…Mr iverson your playing in the allstar game SIR? BALONEY!!!! case dismissed.

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    Do you have a source for that Jukai? I didn’t hear that part of the story.

  • tavoris

    @Jukai-I’d be inclined to believe that if the casino didn’t IMMEDIATELY deny banning while also stating that he also doesn’t have a record of bad behavior at the casino. Granted, the casino probably is desensitized to “bad behavior”.

  • tavoris

    @wayno & big ben-where are your sources of these instances? Not only have I never heard those rumors, I also couldn’t find anything online referencing an AC incident.

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno
  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    When the link clears you’ll notice there were two plaintiffs for the incident in 2005 then there is just a little blurb about another incident in 2004 at a different location with a different person. Again, I’m not certain what happened with the 2004 case, I didn’t really do any follow up on it.

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    here is some follow up on that second incident. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/02/rs-update3.html

  • http://slamonline.com/ Ryne Nelson

    Thanks, wayno.

  • http://dsjfhklf.com Jukai

    Tavoris:
    2004: On February 24, 2004, Iverson, a noted regular casino patron, was spotted at Bally’s Park Place in Atlantic City urinating into a trash can in full view of staff and patrons. He was told by casino management not to return.
    2005: On December 9, 2005 after the Sixers defeated the Charlotte Bobcats, Iverson paid a late-night visit to the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City. After winning a hand at a three-card-stud poker table, a dealer overpaid Iverson by $10,000 in chips. When the dealer quickly realized the mistake and requested the chips back, Iverson refused and a heated, head-turning argument between began. Atlantic City casino regulations reportedly state that when a casino makes a payout mistake in favor of the gambler, he or she must return the money that they did not legitimately win by playing.
    Feel free to google this

  • tavoris

    thanks 4 the link…but reading this gives no indictment on Iverson other his responsibility for his security personnel. I’ll reiterate that if it was two broke dudes fighting, no civil suit would EVER have been filed.

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    Very true, opportunism is a big part of this, and I’m not denying that. My point is that people were immediately writing the story off as BS and that’s somewhat ignorant to do, especially knowing that the person in question as had similar incidents. Bottom line, as Ronald pointed out, is that you don’t sue the empolyee, you sue the employer. The person who hired the offender is the who who ends up fronting the bill.

  • http://thegayestwebsiteever.com Big Ben

    @tavoris –

    If the guy got in a fight with Iverson directly, there might not have been a suit. Imagine being in a bar and getting in a shouting match with some drunken guy, and then he has his humongous bodyguard whoop your ass. You’d sue the guy even if you didn’t know who he was, just because he had somebody else beat you up for him. It’s not like getting in a fight with some guy at a bar and losing, and then suing him – now that would be messed up. But some guy talking ish to you, and then getting his buddy who’s three times his size to stomp on you? Every single one of you would sue, so stop acting like you’d just go home and say, well, I guess tonight wasn’t my night.

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    There was no record that I know of any of the victims even talking to AI Big Ben.

  • http://dsjfhklf.com Jukai

    Wayno: The 260,000 lawsuit loss that Iverson had involved Iverson telling his body guards to ‘clear his table so he could sit down.’ So they never talked to AI, but Iverson was directly involved in starting the altercation.
    I highly doubt this man will get 2.5 million dollars. More likely he will be awarded a fall smaller amount to cover his medical expenses and be denied punitive damages.

  • http://www.slamonline.com wayno

    Got it, thanks.

  • tavoris

    @BigBen-if I get into a fight in a bar/club, I’d be suing nobody. My health insurance will take care of medical bills, and I’m man enough to not suffer “mental anguish” from a lil asswhuppin.

  • tavoris

    @wayno-not writing it off as BS immediately, but the opportunism is evident to me. Plus, we all know that some people start ‘ish with celebs just to try to sue. We’d like to believe that weasels like this don’t exist, but lawsuits like this make it hard to accept.

  • b

    This guy won’t win this settlement due to the simple fact that he didn’t file a criminal complaint. That’s just it he is a punk for tryin to get money like dat from a “celebrity” anyways. And everybody prolly sayin that oh ai is a bad dude butsecurity was prolly doin they job and they worked indirectly for ai then the ai couldn’t say nothin but get to safety anyways. So the dude was prolly to drunk and realized that he had to try and do somethin since he got his a$s kicked.

  • http://thegayestwebsiteever.com Big Ben

    If this all has nothing to do with AI, and just has to do with some drunk guy trying to take his money, than how come this stuff seems to happen to AI so much? I’m sure just about everybody in the league spends a lot of time going to clubs, and I’m sure a lot of them have bodyguards. This has never happened to about 95% of all the players in the league – do you think people don’t recognize them in the club and know that they’re rich celebrities? I mean c’mon, it is what it is. Do you think he’s just cursed with bad luck? I used to work with this girl who would always come in on Monday with some story about how they got kicked out of a bar because her boyfriend got into a fight, but she was convinced that people just were always picking fights with him, and that he had nothing do do with it. I’m thinking, ok, maybe – or maybe your boyfriend is just a dick. I go to the bar all the time, and nobody ever picks a fight with me. Maybe I’m just lucky…

  • tavoris

    @big ben-u do know that athletes that go to clubs get into altercations quite a bit, don’t you? People are always coming for them. Paul Pierce got stabbed in a club, remember?

  • http://dsjfhklf.com Jukai

    Tavoris: but an IDENTICAL incident JUST happened and the judge ruled in favor of the plantiff and forced AI to fork out a quarter of a million dollars. You can look at the opportunity angle, but you must also acknowledge the angle that AI has bodyguard issues… it’s entire possible AI employes people who are less than ethical in their approach to dealing with others.
    And Paul Pierce is a very well known dick. I have read three separate stories about Paul Pierce getting angry at people in clubs.

  • BostonBaller

    #1 I believe it was proven that MJ’s fathers’ death had nothing to do with gambling but everything to do w/ 1 guy shooting him when they were only going to tie him up. One or both men had a history of violent crimes and robbery. I write this b/c when a fan doesn’t like a player and puts out unproven and/or lies some people will take it as the truth and themselves spread it as truth w/out any facts. I believe if anyone has a gambling addiction regardless of how wealthy they are they will be broke within 5 years of retirement not gaining money..especially after a costly divorce. LOL

  • MoNiQuE

    everytime i read about the emotion distress part i ctfu

  • tavoris

    @Jukai-every basketball player who goes to a club & refuses to spend their free time signing autographs is labeled a dick. I don’t have a problem with security beating the crap outta unruly fans in clubs_ as that’s what they’re paid to do. In response to the lawsuits-it’s better to deal with opportunisitic fans with security than with paranoia (like Delonte West). Plus a dude with pride will take the L in stride & NEVER sue. Anyone who advocates otherwise is a pu§§y

  • str8 from samoa

    fuk this is bullshat!

  • Sambo Italiano

    I don’t understand what Allen Iverson was supposed to do to stop it if he was ESCORTED AWAY FROM THE SCENE.
    Just another excuse to pick on AI because he’s hip-hop!

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