Thursday, January 22, 2009

Pacman's going to sue ESPN

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Pacman-s-going-to-sue-ESPN?urn=nfl,133090

Sometime soon, Pacman Jones might get the rare pleasure of meeting a lawyer who is not working 'round the clock to keep him out of jail. It seems that Pacman didn't care for ESPN's report that he had arranged to have a man shot in an Atlanta nightclub in 2007, and he plans to sue.

From the Dallas Morning News:
Adam Jones is denying an ESPN report that he arranged for someone to shoot at three men outside a Atlanta night club.

In fact an angry Jones said he's planning legal action against the network.
"It will be a lawsuit in a week against ESPN," Jones said. "That's stupid. It's so stupid I have no more comments."

I'm getting way ahead of myself here, but my dream outcome for any potential Pacman Jones lawsuit against ESPN would be that ESPN agrees to air a special episode of "Outside the Lines" entitled "ESPN's sincere and heartfelt apology to the noble and kindhearted Adam 'Pacman' J

jones, who has done absolutely nothing wrong."
ESPN's really put itself in a tight spot here. It went public with an accusation with no information on who the accusation comes from, and no reason why the information should be deemed credible, especially when the police investigation found no reason to press any charges against Pacman.

I guess that information's coming on a future edition of "Outside the Lines," and ESPN has put itself in a position now where that show had better deliver.
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