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StumbleMirage sues Denver Broncos player over alleged debts
Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009 | 4:16 p.m.
Denver Broncos running back LaMont Jordan jokes with teammates before drills during NFL football training camp in Englewood, Colo., on Wednesday, Aug. 5.
Denver Broncos player LaMont Jordan was sued by the Mirage hotel-casino in Las Vegas Thursday over allegations Jordan owes the casino $20,000 in gambling debts.
The suit, filed in Clark County District Court, says that on June 26 and June 27, 2008, Jordan signed six check-like negotiable gaming debt instruments. They were for $1,000, $4,000, $6,000 and three more for $3,000 apiece.
But when The Mirage presented them to Bank of America, three were returned marked "unable to locate account" and three more were returned marked "not sufficient funds."
The Mirage maintains Jordan has failed to pay the $20,000 and interest accruing at 18 percent per year.
Efforts to reach Jordan through the Broncos office were unsuccessful Thursday.
Attached to the lawsuit is a 2006 credit application signed by Jordan identifying his occupation as a football player for the Oakland Raiders and listing his hometown as Bowie, Md.
The Maryland graduate played for the New York Jets from 2001 to 2004 and then for the Raiders for three seasons ending in 2007. He played for the New England Patriots last year and this season is on the Broncos roster.
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Sounds like another broke star. Learn to play the penny machines u idiot!
Dude's living large. Pay your debts.
WHAT A "PIKER" ONLY $20,000.00. HE SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE Terrance K. Watanabe CLASS AT HARRAH'S.
GOOGLE: "Terrance K. Watanabe" HE MANAGED TO DO IT FOR 122 MILLION. (LOL)
So did Terrance K Watanabe get away with it????
Giving some of these Jocks such an inflated salary is like giving a kid a hundred dollar bill to go to the candy store and ask them to 'bring back the change'. And to think they were drafted from Colleges too.
Jordan's being a cad for ducking his debts. And the Mirage can try and attach whatever interest to the unpaid debt they want. But something about the "18%" rubs me the wrong way. Maybe I'm unfairly associating them with credit card companies that are ripping people off by raising rates, even as their own borrowing costs have never been cheaper. I don't know... I half want Jordan to tell the Mirage: "I'll pay you 30 cents on the dollar for the principle, and you can shove your 18%. Take it or leave it." Hey, MGM-Mirage has hosed it's own creditors. Why not a little turn about?
Barkley called and said he would loan you the money.
Why do the casinos continue to publicly embarrass athletes who don't pay their marker? These same athletes will soon be the only rich people on Earth dumb enough to come to town to blow tens of thousands. Let's not scare them off. They are desperately needed until the next boom comes!
It's bad when people feel entitled enough not to pay debts or rent, and even worse when the scum make millions!! What is 20 grand to this guy??
wow 20k.i knew thngs were bad at the mirage these days but really man,20k makes headlines.
here's the thing...
at some point the casinos have to be asked "why did you let this person ring up such a huge debt?"
there should be some kind of responsibility on THEIR end as well.
everyone is suing everyone. i guess the mirage wanted to get in on the action.
what these athletes need to do is trade a certain level of play for a public appearance at the resort to sign autographs, take photos, etc.
the casino makes money from the people coming in to see them and the athlete gets to gamble.
These spoiled rich athletes dont take anything serious until the word 'lawsuit' is mentioned.
Mirage has probably contacted this guys peeps dozens of times and gotten the run around. This
lawsuit will at least get this dead beats attention.