Previous NFL star Antonio Brown reportedly faces the menace of a lawsuit by workforce of the now-expelled Albany Empire indoor soccer workforce that he partially owned, right after players’ and coaches’ closing paychecks had been rescinded, in accordance to the Albany Situations Union.
Previous Empire head coach Moe Leggett explained players and coaches were paid out on June 15 and June 16, but by June 21, the dollars had been taken back again out of their bank accounts. The gamers are nonetheless owed $500 just about every for the team’s last recreation, Leggett claimed.
The coach seemingly tried to explore the problem with Brown, who is a member of the rely on that owned the Empire, alongside with Brown’s accountant Alex Gunaris and Empire president Alberony Denis, but none of the get-togethers returned his calls.
“I’m pissed off,” Leggett instructed the Times Union. “I’m annoyed. I experimented with to give [Brown] the profit of the doubt. I attempted to perform with him. I was attempting to be the peacemaker, the mediator to make positive things ran efficiently and just below the radar. But I can no extended do that.”
That claimed, Leggett stated he’s wanting for a law firm to file suit versus Brown and the have confidence in.
This isn’t the only money controversy Brown is concerned in regarding the Empire. The team alone was expelled from the Countrywide Arena League because of to the team not paying its league assessments. In a press launch, the NAL claimed it also fined Brown $1,000 for perform detrimental to the league, but Brown refused to pay out the fantastic.
