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[lvsun] NBA’s Charles Oakley sues Aria, security officers over alleged ‘beatdown’

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  1. tinman

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    http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/may/13/nbas-charles-oakley-sues-aria-security-officers-ov/

    NBA’s Charles Oakley sues Aria, security officers over alleged ‘beatdown’

    By Steve Green (contact)

    Friday
    13 May 2011
    3:26 p.m.

    NBA "enforcer" power forward Charles Oakley, now an NBA assistant coach, hit a Las Vegas casino resort with a lawsuit Thursday charging he was beaten and injured by security guards during a May 2010 incident.

    Attorneys for Oakley, 47, filed suit in Clark County District Court in Las Vegas against the Aria hotel-casino at MGM Resorts International’s CityCenter complex on the Las Vegas Strip. Also sued were five named security officers as well as security officers "Does 1-10."

    The suit says Oakley was an invited guest at Aria’s VIP pool area on May 28 when he left the area and was then prevented from re-entering the VIP section by Aria security officers and staff.

    "After a verbal altercation" with security officers, Oakley attempted to return to his room when he was "assaulted" by the officers in a secluded area of the resort, the lawsuit alleges.

    The suit called this a "gang-style beatdown" by at least five security officers and says they wrestled Oakley to the ground, punched him, handcuffed him and detained him before he was taken by paramedics to Desert Springs hospital for treatment in the emergency room.

    The incident left Oakley with injuries to his neck, back, head and wrist, "all or some of which may be permanent and disabling," the suit alleges.

    A spokeswoman said MGM Resorts International, which likely hasn't yet been served with the suit, generally doesn't comment on pending litigation.

    The suit alleges negligence, assault, assault with excessive force, battery, false imprisonment and defamation.

    The defamation count says the handcuffing of Oakley was witnessed by hotel guests and the suit says they were led to "falsely believe and assume that Oakley had committed and been guilty of some crime or wrongdoing."

    The suit seeks unspecified general, special and punitive damages.

    One of the attorneys who filed the suit, James Smyth II, said Friday he couldn’t comment or elaborate on the complaint. He’s with the Las Vegas law firm Kaempfer Crowell Renshaw Gronauer & Fiorentino.

    Several websites last year posted photos of Oakley that appeared to show him recovering in a hospital just after the incident.

    Oakley has been one of the VIPs who participated in Michael Jordan’s Celebrity Invitational golf fundraiser – now presented by Aria.

    Oakley, who is listed at ESPN.com as being 6-feet-9-inches tall and weighing 245 pounds, played for Chicago, New York, Toronto, Washington and Houston between 1985 and 2004.

    An assistant coach this season with the Charlotte Bobcats, he developed a reputation over the years as an enforcer, tough rebounder and Jordan’s bodyguard.
     
    #1 tinman, May 13, 2011
  2. francis 4 prez

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    charles oakley is getting his ass whooped these days? the nba really has gotten soft.
     
    #2 francis 4 prez, May 13, 2011
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    I forgot that he briefly played for us.
     
    #3 AroundTheWorld, May 13, 2011
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    This doesn't surprise me at all in any way. In my estimation, most security guards working in casinos in Vegas are beefed up tools looking for trouble.

    Knowing Oak, I'm also sure he gave them several pieces of his mind that probably escalated the situation.

    All that being said, I'm with Oak on this one. Even if he did say some things he shouldn't have, that's no reason to run him down and beat him up.
     
    #4 jdh008, May 13, 2011
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    Pippen and Walker should take note. This could be an easy way for a quick buck for them.
     
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    No surprise that it would take five of them to beat Oakley up. one, two or three aren't enough. No way no how.
     
    #6 ferrari77, May 14, 2011
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    Punching injuries. "All or some of which may be permanently disabling".

    How is that for lawyer speak... a main course of possible ambiguity sprinkled lightly with hyperbole.
     
    #7 napalm06, May 14, 2011
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    Cosmo >>> Aria
     
    #8 sammy, May 14, 2011
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    Oak was a tough SOB. F*** these mafiosi knuckleheads. I hope Oak gets paid on this one.
     
    #9 johnstarks, May 14, 2011
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    Yeah, like I'm supposed to believe Charles Freaking Oakley got his ass kicked :rolleyes:
     
    #10 The Hunted, May 14, 2011
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    That sucks, hope the guards get what's coming.
     
    #11 Ziggy, May 15, 2011
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    So has almost everyone else in the western world.
     
    #12 thadeus, May 15, 2011
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    Thats why it said 5 security guards.
     
    #13 SuperHighFly, May 15, 2011
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    http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2011/jul/11/las-vegas-casino-guards-counter-sue-nbas-charles-o/

    Las Vegas casino guards counter sue NBA’s Charles Oakley over altercation
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    #14 tinman, Jul 12, 2011
  15. MONON

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    That sounds more like it. I still have visions of Oakley throwing Barkley to the floor at the Summit.
     
    #15 MONON, Jul 12, 2011
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    Oak had to be at fault. What idiot security guards would start a fight with a guy as huge as Oakley in a public place? Number one, they are going to get their asses beat down. Number two, celebrities can ruin these guys' lives with a snap of their fingers.
     
    #16 intergalactic, Jul 12, 2011
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    What other Knicks?

    Oakley
    Mark Jackson
    Rod Strickland
    Clarence Weatherspoon?
    Patrick Ewing as coach but whatever....

    Pretty sure I'm forgetting a few more.
     
    #17 R0ckets03, Jul 12, 2011
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    lol, two completely different stories
     
    #18 Classic, Jul 12, 2011
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    <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rwCa6LW3mDM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

    Oakley don't give a F... he almost cracks Hakeem in the face trying to swing at Barkley!

    I bet Hakeem in his younger days would have retaliated and obliderated Oak.
     
    #19 Giant9erRocket, Jul 12, 2011
  20. bloop

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    Moral of the story? Dont get into a "verbal altercation" when the establishment asks you to leave the premises.

    You are Charles Oakley. What do you have to prove by arguing with some hired thugs or the dumb b**** who is serving you drinks. Be civilized, you are Charles Oakley you can go to another bar.
     
    #20 bloop, Jul 12, 2011
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