MicroBob
12-07-2004, 07:42 PM
Follow-up to the October stories about Cecil's gambling-losses which many around here seemed to be interested in.
Looks like Cecil is trying to cash-in on the damage his "reputation" took.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/201761_fielder01.html
Ex-slugger Fielder files libel suit over stories
By CURTIS EICHELBERGER
BLOOMBERG NEWS
DETROIT -- Former major leaguer Cecil Fielder sued the publisher of Detroit's two daily newspapers for libel and slander over a series of articles that said he lost $47 million through bad investments and gambling.
Fielder -- who played 13 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Anaheim Angels, Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians -- also sued his real estate agent and reporter Fred Girard, who wrote the stories for the Detroit News. The suit claimed Fielder's privacy was invaded and that he was placed in a false light.
Fielder said in the suit that he suffered more than $25 million in damages "as a result of defendant's actions." He's seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Attorneys for the Detroit Newspaper Agency, which operates Gannett Co.'s Detroit News, and its competitor, Knight-Ridder Inc.'s Detroit Free Press, could not immediately be reached.
In the first story, which ran Oct. 17 under the headline, "Gambling Shatters Ex-Tiger's Dream Life," Girard cited New Jersey Superior Court records that showed Fielder lost $580,000 at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City during one 40-hour period in February 1999.
The article also quoted real estate agent Al Arostegui, who claimed Fielder and his wife owed him $70,000 for advertising the family's 50-room Florida home for sale.
In a subsequent story that ran Oct. 21, Girard quoted Fielder's son, Prince, saying that he and his sister Ceclynn wanted to file for a divorce from their father. Prince Fielder, who signed with the Milwaukee Brewers and is in the team's minor league system, told the newspaper that his father kept $200,000 of his $2.4 million signing bonus.
Cecil Fielder, a three-time All-Star first baseman, had a career .255 batting average and hit 319 homers.
Looks like Cecil is trying to cash-in on the damage his "reputation" took.
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/201761_fielder01.html
Ex-slugger Fielder files libel suit over stories
By CURTIS EICHELBERGER
BLOOMBERG NEWS
DETROIT -- Former major leaguer Cecil Fielder sued the publisher of Detroit's two daily newspapers for libel and slander over a series of articles that said he lost $47 million through bad investments and gambling.
Fielder -- who played 13 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Anaheim Angels, Toronto Blue Jays and Cleveland Indians -- also sued his real estate agent and reporter Fred Girard, who wrote the stories for the Detroit News. The suit claimed Fielder's privacy was invaded and that he was placed in a false light.
Fielder said in the suit that he suffered more than $25 million in damages "as a result of defendant's actions." He's seeking compensatory and punitive damages. Attorneys for the Detroit Newspaper Agency, which operates Gannett Co.'s Detroit News, and its competitor, Knight-Ridder Inc.'s Detroit Free Press, could not immediately be reached.
In the first story, which ran Oct. 17 under the headline, "Gambling Shatters Ex-Tiger's Dream Life," Girard cited New Jersey Superior Court records that showed Fielder lost $580,000 at Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City during one 40-hour period in February 1999.
The article also quoted real estate agent Al Arostegui, who claimed Fielder and his wife owed him $70,000 for advertising the family's 50-room Florida home for sale.
In a subsequent story that ran Oct. 21, Girard quoted Fielder's son, Prince, saying that he and his sister Ceclynn wanted to file for a divorce from their father. Prince Fielder, who signed with the Milwaukee Brewers and is in the team's minor league system, told the newspaper that his father kept $200,000 of his $2.4 million signing bonus.
Cecil Fielder, a three-time All-Star first baseman, had a career .255 batting average and hit 319 homers.