Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 at 12:44 pm  |  63 responses

Scottie Pippen is Suing the Media


Scottie Pippen is suing every media outlet that has claimed that he is bankrupt; the former Bulls star is looking for $1 million in damages.  From TMZ.com: “Pippen has filed a lawsuit against TONS of online media outlets — including CBSsports.com, CNBC.com, Arizona State University and more — claiming they all falsely reported the former Chicago Bulls star had gone belly up. According to the docs, filed in federal court in Illinois and obtained by TMZ … Pippen claims, “It is a most foul libel indeed to be falsely accused of being bankrupt.”

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  • stevea

    It’s like when Trump sues when media says he’s not a billionaire. He’s not. So stop suing.

    And Pippen is likely broke or very close to it. Sad, but true.

  • http://Slamonline.com nbk

    I understand that. But this supposedly isn’t because he’s broke, he said he’s worth some inordinate amount of money ($405,000,000?) which could be right idk, it’s just weird to file this lawsuit for a million against so many different media outlets for someone who’s just trying to prove he isn’t bankrupt

  • Waggle

    He can’t be broke. He barely tips!

  • short

    Clearly this isn’t the most business savvy crowd. Reputation means a lot in business. For someone who has earned over $100 million in his career, it would look really bad to be viewed as having gone broke. No one wants to go into business with someone who can’t manage money. Pip is right for suing. Reputations take forever to build and only minutes to destroy. The media needs to get their facts straight before screwing up somebody’s name.

  • http://slamonline.com Ugh

    @nbk – I think you read some inaccurate reporting – he’s suing for $9 million and his worth is $40 million. No wonder you’re confused about his motives. I’d be surprised if Shaq is worth $400 million!

  • http://skjflf.com Jukai

    I’m with Pippen if just to shove it to these blood suckers to stop running BS reports.

  • Lan

    I must live in a cave. i didn’t get the news.

  • http://Barondavisisfat.youaretoo nbk

    Yeah that makes way more sense. I still wouldn’t sue the media. And I understand how business works, just not what I personally believe is the right thing to do.

  • ab40

    man the whole world should sue basketball wifes. And Ray J’s d*** should sue the Kardashians for 10 to 20% of their yearly income. He made em famous. And I’m with pippen any site that takes tmz as a legit source. . . should hang itself. That’s not reporting, that’s called snooping around.

  • BasketballJunkie

    I saw Pippen at Target filling out a application yesterday…..

  • http://www.twitter.com/ianchoe Ian

    Regardless of his financial situation, if this is indeed libel, then he has to sue for a sizable amount in order to deter other parties from thinking that they can take advantage of his advanced position and report inaccurate stories to gain ratings/views or generate ad revenue/etc. If he sues for $1, everyone and anyone can say anything they want about him and throw a single in his direction to keep him quiet. Suing for $1 million has no bearing on his current financial situation, it merely serves to set a precedent and protect his long-term image and rights to privacy and accurate portrayal in the media.

  • http://slamonline.com nbk

    It’s a much bigger pain in the ass to be sued for something that is insignificant than to be sued for something that you value, like money. If he sues for $1 he is literally punishing those that went against him while proving he isn’t broke, or doesn’t need money. $1M from 50 different media outlets is basically $1.00 anyway. — He could win this suit, get his million dollars and have $41M in bills over the course of this year for all we know. No matter how how you spin it, suing big rich multi-million dollar companies for one million dollars (which is a lot of money for 1 person, even if they are worth $40M) makes it look like you are after money, not proving you have it.

  • short

    ((Sighs)) It’s not just about proving you have money. It’s about that AND making the media research their stories before they run them. Maybe it’s not important to you, but his reputation is important to him. Seriously, how hard is this to understand?

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