BRIEFLY : KING FEELS PICKED ON.Boxing promoter Don King said he is being prosecuted for a victimless crime after being arraigned Wednesday in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of on an indictment that charges he and his business cheated Lloyd's of London Not to be confused with Lloyds Bank or Lloyd's Register. Lloyd's of London is a British insurance market. It serves as a meeting place where multiple financial backers or “members”, whether individuals (traditionally known as . ``I just think the situation is unfair,'' King said after entering an innocent plea in the case before U.S. District Judge Lawrence M. McKenna Lawrence M. McKenna (born 1933 in New York, NY) is a Senior District Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He was nominated to the bench by George H. W. Bush on January 24, 1990. . Already, one jury has deadlocked over the insurance-fraud charges stemming from a 1991 fight that was canceled when a boxer was injured. Prosecutors have accused King of faking a contract with Lloyd's of London insurance company to collect $350,000 in nonexistent non·ex·is·tence n. 1. The condition of not existing. 2. Something that does not exist. non training expenses for a canceled bout between Julio Cesar Julio Cesar could refer to those people:
Last week, Don King Productions Inc., the company through which King guides some of the biggest names in boxing, was added by prosecutors as a defendant to the case. TENNIS: Andre Agassi, who's enjoyed some of his biggest success in the Davis Cup, hopes he can get back to his winning ways when the United States plays host to the Netherlands in a second-round series that begins Friday in Newport Beach. Agassi comes into the opening matches in the worst slump of his career. He's lost five straight matches, the latest an exit in his opening match in the Lipton Championships nearly two weeks ago. U.S. captain Tom Gullikson points to Agassi's 13-match winning streak in Davis Cup play as proof his slump could end on the outdoor hardcourts at Palisades Palisades, cliffs along the west bank of the Hudson River, NE N.J. and SE N.Y., extending from N of Jersey City, N.J., to the vicinity of Piermont, N.Y., with a general altitude of from 350 ft to 550 ft (107–168 m). Tennis Club. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario of Spain began her title defense of the Family Circle Cup in Hilton Head, S.C., with an uneven 6-2, 6-2, victory over Sarah Pitkowski. |
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