Iverson To Pay $250,000

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WASHINGTON (AP) - NBA star Allen Iverson must pay $260,000 for standing idly by and watching his bodyguard beat up another man in a 2005 bar fight, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected the Detroit Pistons guard's attempt to throw out the verdict decided by a jury in 2007.

Bar patron Marlin Godfrey accused Iverson's bodyguard, Jason Kane, of punching, kicking and hitting him with a bottle because he refused to vacate the VIP section at Washington club Eyebar to make way for the basketball star and his entourage. Godfrey suffered a concussion, a ruptured eardrum, a burst blood vessel in his eye, a torn rotator cuff, cuts and bruises, and emotional injuries.

A three-judge appeals court panel wrote that Iverson stayed out of the fray in the back corner of the VIP area, standing on a couch or bench and observing.

"The evidence in this case supported the jury's finding that Kane attacked Godfrey in a fight that lasted several minutes, and that Iverson stood and watched without attempting to do anything to stop the beating," the decision said.

Godfrey and another patron, David Anthony Kittrell, sued Iverson for $20 million, but the jury decided not to aware punitive damages and only compensate Godfrey $10,000 for his medical bills and $250,000 for pain and suffering. The jury did not find either of the men liable for assaulting Kittrell.
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He stayed out of it = getting screwed

He gets into the middle of it even as a peacemaker = "Allen Iverson arrested for assault"

Iverson just got screwed
 
They are lucky he just doesn't use about 30k to pay a hitman to take care of it.
 
So was Iverson the only person watching who didnt attempt to stop the attack? No.
I assume the body gaurds warned the guy that if he didnt leave they'd whoop his ass.
 
DaRizzle said:
He stayed out of it = getting screwed

He gets into the middle of it even as a peacemaker = "Allen Iverson arrested for assault"

Iverson just got screwed
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The bodyguard was employed by Iverson. The bodyguard beat the hell out of a guy, and Iverson did or said nothing to stop his employee from assaulting the guy for not vacating an area that is appears he was already in.

Iverson got off easy on this one, IMO. He could have been penalized a lot more than $250k.
 
BeerBoy said:
So was Iverson the only person watching who didnt attempt to stop the attack? No.
I assume the body gaurds warned the guy that if he didnt leave they'd whoop his ass.
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Does Iverson own the club? No. So his bodyguard has no right to demand that a guy leave and then beats the hell out of him when he doesn't.
 
So his bodyguard has no right to demand that a guy leave
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You dont know that...maybe he was in a section that was reserved for Iversons party
 
DaRizzle said:
You dont know that...maybe he was in a section that was reserved for Iversons party
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So that gives Iverson's bodyguard the right to assault him. Seems like club security would have that right, but not an employee of Allen Iverson or any other patron.
 
PapaG said:
The bodyguard was employed by Iverson. The bodyguard beat the hell out of a guy, and Iverson did or said nothing to stop his employee from assaulting the guy for not vacating an area that is appears he was already in.

Iverson got off easy on this one, IMO. He could have been penalized a lot more than $250k.
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Exactly.
 
Sorry, but I'll choose to assume that Iverson by no means was an innocent bystandard to this incident. Maybe that's me stereo typing him, and I'll take the blame for that, but I doubt the bodyguard lays a beat down on the dude without AI provoking it.

Either way, when you employ someone in that type of position I think you do hold some of the responsibility for his actions, especially since it seems that Iverson was not in any danger and that sort of force was not done as a life saving measure.
 
Iverson and his hired assassin should have been sentenced to hard time in prison, IMO, and of course would have been if not for his wealth.

What a POS.
 
Even if the patron passed out with a brain hemorrhage because of Iverson's bodyguard beating him to pieces this would be a more easier case. However, theres a point where Iverson should have told his body guard to cool it and the two of them should have gotten the hell out of there.
 
Iverson may or may not have provoked the confrontation. I'll give him benefit of the doubt because I don't know.

I do know that employers are by law responsible for crimes committed by their employees on the job. If I beat the crap out of a neighbor because his dog shit on my lawn one too many times, that is just on me. If a co-worker or visitor at work irritates me and I beat the crap out of him/her, and my employer does nothing, they can be sued.
 
Some here are ASS-uming way too much about this case and blaming AI way too quickly.
 
DaRizzle said:
Some here are ASS-uming way too much about this case and blaming AI way too quickly.
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C'mon DaRizzle, why the vigorous defense of Iverson? It's not like he raped a concierge.
 
DaRizzle said:
Some here are ASS-uming way too much about this case and blaming AI way too quickly.
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A jury found him liable, as they should have based on the facts presented in the article you posted. I'll ASSume that they know more about the case than you do, and I'll frame my opinion accordingly. So keep on ASSuming based on your feelings, and I'll keep on ASSuming based on the actual facts presented about the case, trial, and appellate verdict.
 
maxiep said:
C'mon DaRizzle, why the vigorous defense of Iverson? It's not like he raped a concierge.
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Because he wasnt in the fight. We have no idea how close he was to it. How long it lasted. How dark/crowded it was (maybe he didnt even know), no idea if the patron provoked it (could have been a drunk asshole spitting in the body guards face)....I dont know what AI's role was but you guys just assume he was a big part of it.

I think AI is a smarter person than his neck tats show
 
DaRizzle said:
Because he wasnt in the fight. We have no idea how close he was to it. How long it lasted. How dark/crowded it was (maybe he didnt even know), no idea if the patron provoked it (could have been a drunk asshole spitting in the body guards face)....I dont know what AI's role was but you guys just assume he was a big part of it.

I think AI is a smarter person than his neck tats show
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I was just messin' with ya. LOL on the neck tats comment. It's true--it's like a billboard screaming "I'm an idiot".
 
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