Malone accused of offering bribePosted: Tuesday September 12, 2006 3:31PM;Updated: Tuesday September 12, 2006 4:12PMBOISE, Idaho (AP) -- Former Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone is accused in a lawsuit of offering a former business partner in eastern Idaho a $25,000 bribe to take the blame for an illegal elk hunting trip.The suit filed by Sidney Ray Davis of Soda Springs against Malone's Salt Lake City-based property management firm also alleges that Malone's brother-in-law, Ken Kensey, "threatened physical violence" if Davis didn't make the investigation "go away."According to the complaint, Kensey made the threats over lunch in Logan, Utah in 1998. The suit alleges that Malone again offered the $25,000 payment during a private meeting at an event for Navajo Santa, a charity for American Indians.Malone's lawyer, Randall Call of Salt Lake City, said the two-time NBA most valuable player "adamantly denies" any bribery or intimidation. He said the lawsuit is frivolous and targets Malone because of his wealth and fame."We've dealt with this kind of extortion before," Call said. "It's a little like terrorism, you can't buckle into it at any time or else it will prevail."According to Davis's complaint, Malone said he did not want bad publicity over any potential hunting violations to hamper contract negotiations with the Jazz during the 1998 season. The following year, Malone signed a four-year $66.5 million deal.On Aug. 21, Malone's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss the case in Idaho's 6th District court. A ruling is expected later this month.Call said Malone and Davis met at a hunting exposition and became friends. Malone joined Davis, at one-time a licensed outfitter in Idaho's Caribou County, for winter elk hunting trips.On at least one outing in the fall of 1998, Davis did not have a state issued elk tag for Malone. On that trip, Malone fired "into the snow" at a bull elk, but never hit the animal, Call said.Enforcement officers from the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and federal officials interviewed Malone, who said he thought Davis had proper outfitter permits.Malone was never charged, but Davis later pleaded guilty to two federal hunting violations stemming from incidents in 1993 and 1994.A year earlier, Malone had bought the commercial elk hunting business and pledged money to buy snowmobiles and make renovations on Davis's Trail Creek Lodge, a sportsman cabin on the same property, said Jon Bial, Davis' attorney in Hillsboro, Ore.Davis alleges Malone broke their business contract. The case seeks $95,000 in repayment, attorneys' fees and other damages over breach of contract."I know at one point Karl thought that Sid and his mother treated him like family," Bial said. "We're at loss why he wouldn't pay his obligations."Call said Malone will be more careful about his future business partnerships."He's eclectic in that at one time ran a trucking company. Now he runs a logging business. He loves the outdoors and at one point he thought he'd want to operate a hunting business," Call said. "It's obviously something he regrets."Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
If this is true, well this isnt something I'd see him doing... kinda funny as I imagine it in my headDoes this really fit in this fourm? I mean it deals with an nba legend, but I dont see any basketball involvedGood read though, I need something basketball-related to keep me satisfied till the season starts
I dont see that we should care. He's not a player anymore. I think once he retired he earned the right to have his life to himself and have the media back the f@ck up. It is a nothing story and case. I hope the article writer get pinned for it
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Sep 13 2006, 03:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Karl Malone is an ***hole, I could definatly see him doing this.</div>I always thought Malone was different off the court but maybe I'm wrong. I hated some of his stunts like intentionally elbowing Nash in the face causing Nash to bleed and etc.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (mavsfan1000 @ Sep 12 2006, 10:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I always thought Malone was different off the court but maybe I'm wrong. I hated some of his stunts like intentionally elbowing Nash in the face causing Nash to bleed and etc.</div> I hate him because he was a cheapshot artist, purposly elbowing people in the head, he ruined one college players career because of head injuries, he often stepped on legs on purpose, kicked people in the crotch...etc..Karl Malone is just a egomaniac who only cares about himself. And don't get me going on him and how he's treated his kids, never even bothering to be in his daughters life until she became a WNBA star.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BCB @ Sep 12 2006, 10:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I hate him because he was a cheapshot artist, purposly elbowing people in the head, he ruined one college players career because of head injuries, he often stepped on legs on purpose, kicked people in the crotch...etc..Karl Malone is just a egomaniac who only cares about himself. And don't get me going on him and how he's treated his kids, never even bothering to be in his daughters life until she became a WNBA star.</div> damn I never knew that... I guess the nickname mailman made him seem friendlier
