I found this on RealGM in the news wire
Theres no word yet if Vecsey's years of making up BS trade rumors is included in the suit.
"The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, through a report published in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, is reporting that Sonic Danny Fortson has filed a defamation lawsuit against Phoenix Suns chairman and CEO Jerry Colangelo, the New York Post and its columnist Peter Vecsey.
The suit is related to comments made by Colangelo last season towards Fortson, labelling the strong forward a "thug" as well as the statement "I want him out of here." Colangelo's characterization was televised and published in many newspapers as well as the statement. The comments stemmed from a hard foul then-Maverick Fortson had committed against then-Sun Zarko Cabarkapa, leaving the rookie with a broken wrist. Fortson was ejected and suspended for three games over the incident.
Vecsey is included for a Nov. 30 column he wrote in which he criticized the league's response to Fortson's foul. He called Fortson a "vacant lot," said he engaged in "attempted murder" and called him a "gangsta or a wanksta."
According to the Sun-Sentinel, Fortson seeks damages of more than $15,000 as well as the expense involved in the suit and "other relief the court may deem appropriate'"
"Gangsta or a Wanksta" im probably putting that in my signature somewhere
Theres no word yet if Vecsey's years of making up BS trade rumors is included in the suit.
"The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, through a report published in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, is reporting that Sonic Danny Fortson has filed a defamation lawsuit against Phoenix Suns chairman and CEO Jerry Colangelo, the New York Post and its columnist Peter Vecsey.
The suit is related to comments made by Colangelo last season towards Fortson, labelling the strong forward a "thug" as well as the statement "I want him out of here." Colangelo's characterization was televised and published in many newspapers as well as the statement. The comments stemmed from a hard foul then-Maverick Fortson had committed against then-Sun Zarko Cabarkapa, leaving the rookie with a broken wrist. Fortson was ejected and suspended for three games over the incident.
Vecsey is included for a Nov. 30 column he wrote in which he criticized the league's response to Fortson's foul. He called Fortson a "vacant lot," said he engaged in "attempted murder" and called him a "gangsta or a wanksta."
According to the Sun-Sentinel, Fortson seeks damages of more than $15,000 as well as the expense involved in the suit and "other relief the court may deem appropriate'"
"Gangsta or a Wanksta" im probably putting that in my signature somewhere
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