By Jessica Fargen
BOSTON HERALD
A team of out-of-state attorneys has filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages from the Patriots [team stats] and coach Bill Belichick claiming that the team defrauded St. Louis fans and players when they allegedly taped a Rams practice before narrowly winning the 2002 Super Bowl.
The complaint, filed today in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, is one in a series of attacks on the team and Belichick, who were fined and sanctioned in last year’s “Spygate” scandal for videotaping signals during a 2007 New York Jets [team stats] game.
The lawsuit, brought on behalf of former Rams player Willie Gary, two 2002 Super Bowl ticket holders and a Rams seat license holder, claims that the alleged taping gave the Patriots an edge that won the game, thus defrauding Rams fans and players out of millions of dollars.
The lawsuit seeks $35 million in damages covering, among other things, the loss of Super Bowl rings, bonuses and endorsements for the 45 Rams players and cost of $400 tickets for 72,922 fans at the game.
“Each ticket attendee of the game paid millions of dollars to watch a supposedly honest competitive game,” according to the lawsuit.
The attorneys are seeking that the damages be tripled under the Civil Rico laws, bringing the damages to $100 million.
BOSTON HERALD
A team of out-of-state attorneys has filed a lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages from the Patriots [team stats] and coach Bill Belichick claiming that the team defrauded St. Louis fans and players when they allegedly taped a Rams practice before narrowly winning the 2002 Super Bowl.
The complaint, filed today in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, is one in a series of attacks on the team and Belichick, who were fined and sanctioned in last year’s “Spygate” scandal for videotaping signals during a 2007 New York Jets [team stats] game.
The lawsuit, brought on behalf of former Rams player Willie Gary, two 2002 Super Bowl ticket holders and a Rams seat license holder, claims that the alleged taping gave the Patriots an edge that won the game, thus defrauding Rams fans and players out of millions of dollars.
The lawsuit seeks $35 million in damages covering, among other things, the loss of Super Bowl rings, bonuses and endorsements for the 45 Rams players and cost of $400 tickets for 72,922 fans at the game.
“Each ticket attendee of the game paid millions of dollars to watch a supposedly honest competitive game,” according to the lawsuit.
The attorneys are seeking that the damages be tripled under the Civil Rico laws, bringing the damages to $100 million.
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