*Scottie Pippen, according to TMZ, has filed multiple lawsuits against the media for supposedly unfairly portraying him as a financial mess. So every outlet, including CBSsports.com and CNBC.com, that reported he went bankrupt is going to pay.
The former athlete claims he hasn’t been worth less than $40,000,000 in the last 10 years, if you can believe that.
Pippen filed the suit in Illinois and claims that the named media outlets committed “foul libel” and falsely accused him of being bankrupt.
“Scottie never filed bankruptcy and indeed has a substantial net worth, which has not been less than approximately $40,000,000 in the last ten years.”
In a CNBC.com article, the athlete is featured as on of 15 athletes gone bankrupt.
Arizona State University’s publication was sited in the lawsuit as well. He claims that he was tagged as a person who had gone bankrupt in a law blog operated by the school.
For this “false” information and defamation of his reputation, Pippen is asking for at least $1 million in damages.
Sounds like a hissy fit and an excuse to take someone’s money.
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If they cannot produce evidence to support their claims that he’s broke but, he can produce evidence to prove that he’s not, those fools must and should be made to pay. I can’t stand the media nowadays. Stick it to ‘em Scottie!
I absolutely agree, but I can’t imagine that the number of media outlets that reported that he was broke just took someone’s word without doing some checking first, but I can’t imagine that Pippen would claim to have never had less than 40 mil in the last 10 years without having proof of it while trying to sue someone for saying he was broke. Shit looks good in his favor IMO, because he never filed bankruptcy, but the nail in the coffin is if he has proof that he’s been worth 40 million net in the last 10 years.
EUR WROTE:For this “false” information and defamation of his reputation, Pippen is asking for at least $1 million in damages.
Sounds like a hissy fit and an excuse to take someone’s money.
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The nerve of Scottie to sue someone who writes false bull,pun intended, about him ,huh EUR. How dare he hold them responsible.EUR how low can u go. It is against the law to print false stories about people,and Pip aint taking it.Kudos 2 Scottie,shame on EUR on that last sentence and tone.
Amen!!
A few days ago I was reading about Amare Stoudemire’s new $3.5 million home on AOL and while reading the comments it was obvious who the bloggers were. 75% of them basically said that he should not have wasted his money on such a large dwelling and that he would be broke within a few years after he left the NBA. This is the perception that certain people have about Black athletes and I don’t blame Pippen for a moment for suing. That last line of your story was totally inappropriate and causes me to wonder if you really gave any thought about your ending.