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Robert Kraft Offered
Mike Trout, Angels Reportedly Agree To Largest Contract In Pro Sports History
MIKE TROUT
The Angels and Mike
Trout are finalizing a 12-year contract that is worth an eye- popping $430M. The deal is the largest for any player in profes- sional sports history. Trout will be paid an average annual salary of around $36M, which tops Zack Greinke’s previous record average of $34.4M with the Arizona Diamondbacks. The total dollar value is $100M greater than the 13-year, $330M deal Bryce Harper just signed with the Philadel- phia Phillies.
Trout’s new deal will add 10 additional years to the two he has remaining on the six- year, $144.5M deal he previ- ously signed.
Referee Who Forced
Deal If He Admits
Black Wrestler To Cut
To Being Guilty
Dreads Will File Lawsuit
Robert Kraft and several other men who were involved in a prostitution sting in Florida last month have re- portedly been offered a deal that would allow them to avoid being prosecuted.
According to a report from Andrew Beaton of The Wall Street Journal, Florida prose- cutors have offered to drop the charges against Kraft and other defendants in the case if they admit guilt. The defen- dants would have to meet a number of conditions.
“The proposed deferred prosecution agreement calls for completion of an education course about prostitution, completion of 100 hours of community service, screening for sexually transmitted dis- eases and payment of some court costs,” the Journal re- ported.
Kraft has already pleaded
ROBERT KRAFT
not guilty to two charges of so- licitation of prostitution, but that was expected from a pro- cedural standpoint. He now has to decide if admitting wrongdoing is worth the guar- antee of not having convic- tions on his record, though the admission would almost cer- tainly result in the NFL taking disciplinary action against the New England Patriots owner.
The New Jersey referee who forced a Black student to cut his dreadlocks or face disqual- ification from a Buena Re- gional High School wrestling match claims he’s suffered sig- nificant financial loss due to the backlash he has received. He’s now taken the first steps in filing a lawsuit for $100,000, alleging emotional distress and character defama- tion.
Alan Maloney alleges in a notice of tort claim sent to 12 possible defendants that he can no longer find work due to the incident where he de- manded teen wrestler An- drew Johnson cut his hair before competing. He report- edly has not been scheduled to officiate since the controver- sial December match and is barred from doing so until in- vestigations into the ordeal are resolved.
Maloney also defends his actions during the wrestling
Alan Maloney, right, in dreadlocks controversy takes step to sue for defamation, emo- tional distress.
match in the claim, believing Johnson violated the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s rules concerning hair and did not have a legally sanctioned hair covering. He also claims the proper time — 90 seconds — was given for Johnson to cor- rect the problem.
“I think he’s just covering his bases,” said Dominic Speziali, a Philadelphia lawyer who represents John- son and his family. “To the ex- tent that he plans to file a claim as a victim in this inci- dent is outright absurd.”
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