Yankees fan caught sleeping on TV sues ESPN, MLB for $10 million

[Big Bid'Ness]

From:sportingnews

Yankees fan caught sleeping on TV sues ESPN, MLB for $10 million

A New York man who was caught sleeping at a recent Yankees game against the Red Sox on ESPN is filing a $10 million defamation suit against broadcasters Dan Schulman and John Kruk for their "avalanche of disparaging words," according to the New York Post.

Andrew Robert Rector admitted that he "briefly slept" while in attending the April 13 game between the A.L. East rivals, and when ESPN cameras caught him sleeping during the fourth inning, the Sunday Night Baseball announcers launched into what he described as an "unending verbal crusade" against him, with their "vituperative utterances" redistributed on the MLB website the following day.
According to the report, Rector's suit was riddled with typos and improper grammar, claiming the broadcasters insinuated that he "is a fatty cow that need two seats at a time" and "is a confused individual that neither understands nor knows anything about history or the meaning of rivalry between Red Sox and Yankees."
ESPN, MLB and the Yankees are named as defendants in the suit.
Here is the entire complaint Rector filed, via The Smoking Gun:
Yankee Complaint by Enrique Espinoza

(NYPost.com)

LOL

 

[Giantmetfan07]

I hope he gets something for it. Broadcasters shouldn't comment on fans unless it's a beautiful woman.

 

[Pugz]

'Murica

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

They did him a favor. Change comes from humility. 
 
Kidding. I don't think he should win any money at all. Stupid case.

 

[elcheato]

Man, how do you fall asleep in the 4th inning?

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

Man, how do you fall asleep in the 4th inning?

 
Easy: baseball

 

[H-MYK]

Man, how do you fall asleep in the 4th inning?

I actually asked how does one fall asleep at a stadium full of people this morning and my friend responded with: "Red Sox-Yankee games are notorious for being long. Also a lot of overweight people have trouble sleeping at night because of breathing issues (mostly sleep apnea)."

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Well. When you don't walk much, getting from the parking lot to your seat will knock a fat guy out cold

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

I actually asked how does one fall asleep at a stadium full of people this morning and my friend responded with: "Red Sox-Yankee games are notorious for being long. Also a lot of overweight people have trouble sleeping at night because of breathing issues (mostly sleep apnea)."

 
I'm sending this comment to him. You called him fat, I hope he sues you.

 

[RipCity32]

How exactly do you come to a sum of 10 million when thinking of suing for this?

 

[elcheato]

Lawsuits always start with a ridiculous figure. It's an attempt to draw attention, and you're never going to get the amount you initially sue for, so might as well start high

 

[Dboy85]

^^ Lol Good Question. Is there a legal scale for how offended the plaintiff is in dollar amount? (sarcasm)

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

Smart guy though lol

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

Smart guy though lol

 
You think he planned to fall asleep and he had some vision that they would say that stuff (which they didn't anyway)

 

[Thomas-Panda-Saxby]

No? Smart guy for trying to get some money. Maybe ESPN pays him anyway to drop the lawsuit

 

[Fuhgeddaboudit]

No? Smart guy for trying to get some money. Maybe ESPN pays him anyway to drop the lawsuit

Oh yeah, except I hope he fuckibg loses and doesn't get shit

 

[Phil The Thrill]

I think it'd be awesome if he got some money.

 

[Sportsguy9695]

im sure he wont win it. its all in the papers over here in ny