Sports Stars Money Woes
Knicks center Eddy Curry is being sued by Casual Male Retail Group for $41,000 in unpaid clothing bills. Click through to see sports stars who have struggled with money woes.
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Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield, shown here in 2002, is reportedly in financial trouble with multiple sources. In October, Holyfield was back in court, again facing the possibility of jail time in a child-support case before a settlement was reached.
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Former boxing champ Thomas Hearns reportedly owes the federal government thousands in unpaid income taxes. Hearns' attorney stated that the 49-year-old disputes the debt and is working to resolve it.
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Former MLB star Jose Canseco walked away from a $2.5 million home in California earlier this year, saying it "didn't make sense" to keep paying the mortgage. Not surprisingly, the bank started foreclosure proceedings.
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Disgraced track champion Marion Jones admitted she was flat broke in 2007, despite numerous lucrative endorsements following the 2000 Sydney Olympics. After her $2.5 million North Carolina home was foreclosed upon in 2006, a court found her "total liquid assets" were worth less than $2,000.
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Curry racked up a bill of more than $41,000 at Casual Male Retail Group, and two years later it remains unpaid, the suit says.Curry supposedly bought almost $4,000 in ties and $22,000 in suits, which, um, yeah, seems a bit freaking absurd. But then again, if you're going to be non-rebounding, non-defensive playing baller in the NYC, you've got to bring your A-game when it comes to clothes.
The company says Curry owes an additional $5,424 in interest from his 2006 shopping sprees.
''It's just a matter of him buying clothing he didn't pay for,'' said Edward Margolis, the attorney representing Casual Male and Jared M. Custom Clothing, a business popular with professional athletes that once was owned by Casual Male.
The only downside to this whole story really is that the store's name doesn't involve "Big and Tall" or "Husky Ballers". (Glorious Update: Turns out Casual Male is a big and tall. Sweet.) But, on the bright side, there's any number of "uncomfortable place" jokes just waiting to be abused if Curry refuses to pay.
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glad to see he cares more about his clothes than playing basketball...well lets look past this and to the bucks tomorrow night...i'll be there rootin for our guys...got a sweet ticket deal in which i got mine for $30 when it was originally $60.50...if interested, go here and type in LEE: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1D00410ED25443F3?CAMEFROM=NBAKNICKS&brand=KNICKS