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Alyk

Alyk

Boston, MA
February 2005

JUL 12, 2006 09:12 PM

Some dude recently claimed Michael Jordan owes him a pile of money. The Oregon bus driver filed suit in civil court claiming Jordan's similar look ruined his life. For fifteen years, people mistook the bus driver for one of the greatest athletes in the world, causing the driver immeasurable anguish.

He says, "Enough is enough. I can't take it anymore." Heckard has filed a civil suit against Jordan and his longtime sponsors Nike, asking for $382 million for 15 years of harassment - but even he admits his chances of winning anything are slim.



He adds, "It's not about the money. A man has to have principles to stand on."



Perhaps Michael Jordan should sue his ass because someone may have mistaken him for some asshole bus driver in Oregon.







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xSpityouOutx

xSpityouOutx

Monroe Township, NJ
August 2005

JUL 13, 2006 06:22 AM

hahahahhaahhahahhahahaa......sick world. tongue

FistFuck

FistFuck

HOPEFUL

I'm lost

JUL 13, 2006 06:27 AM

lol.... i dont even know what to say. Dumbass losers will sue for anything i guess...

Stott

Stott

Raleigh, NC
January 2004

JUL 13, 2006 06:27 AM

Fucking Michael Jordan... I've been saying it all these years. Asshole.

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

JUL 13, 2006 06:38 AM

This suit is ridiculous and frivolous nonsense.
















Clearly, it should be a criminal and not a civil case. Jordan should be locked up.

UnnecessaryZ

UnnecessaryZ

Astoria, NY
July 2003

JUL 13, 2006 07:35 AM

I'm going to use this case as the inspiration I needed to make my move against Dave Attell.

MschfMayhemSoap

MschfMayhemSoap

Phoenix, AZ
April 2006

JUL 13, 2006 11:07 AM

man should sue his own parents..... i mean HELL they MADE him that way... tongue

Subrosa

Subrosa

San Francisco, CA
July 2004

JUL 13, 2006 11:15 AM

Man. I really, really hope he's representing himself.

MissTyrios

MissTyrios

NEWSWIRE

Allston, MA

JUL 13, 2006 12:36 PM

I would love to read that complaint.

Necia

Necia

San Francisco, CA
August 2005

JUL 13, 2006 01:11 PM

PointBlank said:
This suit is ridiculous and frivolous nonsense.
















Clearly, it should be a criminal and not a civil case. Jordan should be locked up.



See, I was thinking that I'm sure there are more guys than just this one who've suffered similar anguish at the cruel hands of Michael Jordan. MJ's just that evil. The victims ought to try to get a class action going. Any judge with an eye toward true justice would certify that class in a heartbeat.

noirkiss3

noirkiss3

Minneapolis, MN
April 2006

JUL 13, 2006 01:15 PM

hold on, is that pic of Jordan or the bus driver, I make them wear name tags when they come over.

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

Redding, CA
December 2005

JUL 13, 2006 01:21 PM

I've seen the dude, he only vaugely resembles Jordan. People are stupid. biggrin

bouncybrunette

bouncybrunette

I'm lost
May 2006

JUL 13, 2006 01:25 PM

only in america

JeffX

JeffX

Ames, IA
June 2006

JUL 13, 2006 08:24 PM

You think he'd be able to use that to his advantage. I mean come on, back in the day he could have got all of Jordan's groupies.

OctoberSeven

OctoberSeven

Downers Grove, IL
December 2002

JUL 13, 2006 11:53 PM

People say my dad looks like Dale Earnhardt. He should sue Earnhardt's estate.

mat8drb

mat8drb

United Kingdom
October 2004

JUL 14, 2006 01:54 PM

From what I read in Sports Illustrated (look, I was a tourist over there, okay?), the bus driver is just doing it for the hell of it and doesn't even expect to get his $201 initial court fee back.

wottan

wottan

Richmond, BC
July 2004

JUL 14, 2006 06:45 PM

SHouldnt he sue God for making him look like MJ? Its not as if MJ surgically altered this guys face to match his own just for a few laughs...or IS IT?!

mamet

mamet

Charleston, SC
March 2005

JUL 14, 2006 07:00 PM

Granting that this is an obviously frivolous lawsuit, in a way I do feel bad for him. While there's nothing wrong with being a bus driver in Oregon, being confused for Michael Jordan constantly only reiterates that you are not Michael Jordan, and people don't think you're special. In fact, it probably disappoints them. You're lesser, and not worth getting excited over. Over time I can see how that can have a detrimental effect on your self-esteem. None of that, of course, is Michael Jordan's fault...

Tadzi

Tadzi

New Brunswick, NJ
April 2003

JUL 17, 2006 06:33 AM

MschfMayhemSoap said:
man should sue his own parents..... i mean HELL they MADE him that way... tongue



thats what i was thinking....is this a legal precedent? can i sue my parents for not making me hot?

PointBlank

PointBlank

New York, NY
November 2004

JUL 17, 2006 07:00 AM

I don't know why you guys think this is a silly lawsuit. People mistake him for Jordan all the time, it's ruining his life, so obviously he's entitled to money. Don't act like you wouldn't do the same.


Again-The man's life is ruined!!

MissTyrios

MissTyrios

NEWSWIRE

Allston, MA

JUL 21, 2006 12:23 PM

I was brushing up on my federal jurisdiction and procedure and came across the Rule 11 requirement that an attorney presenting a pleading or motion to the court must certify that the legal contentions are in good faith and that the contentions have or are likely to have evidentiary support. And I thought about this case and wondered what the HELL kind of lawyer would actually attach his or her name to this suit without fear of sanctions? And, upon further investigation, I of course found out that no lawyer did help him out. He filed pro se and I do sort of feel bad for the guy (not because of the "harassment" that he claims, but because he actually went through with this):

BE LIKE MIKE?
by Randy Cassingham

Lots of people look like celebrities. Some turn their looks into a career, making personal appearances at parties and events. Some enjoy the spillover of fame. Some are annoyed. And some are really, really irritated.

Allen Ray Heckard, 51, is one of the latter. The Portland, Oregon, man says he looks a lot like former basketball star Michael Jordan, even though he's 3 inches shorter, 25 pounds lighter, and 8 years older. But, like Jordan, he shaves his head and wears a pierced earring on the left side.

"Don't get me wrong, it's definitely a positive thing," Heckard said in an interview. "Because Michael, like I say, is one of the best ballplayers that I've known to play the game. But then again, that's Michael and I'm me."

Right: Michael is an incredible athlete -- an Olympic gold medal winner -- who makes huge money lending his name to endorse products like Nike shoes. And Heckard is an ex-con (from a drug conviction), an airport shuttle driver and auto detailer. Jordan played for the Chicago Bulls; Heckard lives in Oregon. Still, Heckard says, it's "distressing" to be confused with Jordan, so he has filed a lawsuit.

Apparently, Heckard didn't find any lawyers who would take his case seriously, so he filed his typo-laden suit "pro se" -- on his own, without a lawyer -- in Oregon's Circuit Court for the County of Washington. The suit names Michael Jordan and Phil Knight, the co-founder of Nike, as defendants.

So what in the world could be the basis for such a lawsuit? "I... bring this suit... on the ground of defamation by subjecting heckard to harassment of disconfort of unplesant feelings, and permanent injury by denying heckard the right to live a normal life," his suit reads -- verbatim, including misspellings and the lack of capitalization of his own name. "Heckard base his legal claim on the fact that Michael Jordan high profile life style with the contributed of Phil H. Knight help has infected an injury upon his life style that, according to every reasonable probability, will continue throughout the remainder of his life."

Heckard complains that whenever he goes out in public, "people are continally on a daily base harassing him of looking like Michael Jordan. Thses unpleasant feeling from the public has trouble heckard nerves and denied him the right to a peace of mind for at least 15-years or more."

So what does the Nike founder have to do with this? "Since Phil H. Knight signed Michael Jordan to a lucrative endorsement contract, give him his own television commercial and shoe, blow him up larger than life, now people are continually harassing heckard of looking like Michael Jordan on a daily base."

That, he says, "has cause heckard to suffer pain and stress, mentally, and emotionally due to the harassment from the public of harassing him of looking like Michael Jordan."

Well gee, what would fix that terrible problem that so many other enjoy or even profit from? Money, of course, and lots of it: "Heckard request the Court to grant compensatory damage against Michael Jordan in the amount of $52,000,000.00 dollars for defamation and permanent injury" -- plus "Punitive damage for emotional pain and suffering in the amount of 364,000,000.00" (presumably dollars). That's right: $52 million for actual damages plus $364 million in punitive damages, or $416 million. From Jordan alone. He asks the same from Knight, for a grand total of $832 million.

"We don't believe the suit to have merit and will move to dismiss it," said a Nike spokeswoman. Yeah, the suit is obviously stupid.

Yeah, it'll obviously be thrown out. But yeah, Jordan and Knight have to hire lawyers to GET it thrown out. What a pathetic waste of time, money, and court attention.

Arete

Arete

SUICIDEGIRL

I'm lost

JUL 21, 2006 12:47 PM

Alyk said:
Heckard has filed a civil suit against Jordan and his longtime sponsors Nike, asking for $382 million for 15 years of harassment.

He adds, "It's not about the money. A man has to have principles to stand on."




if its about the principles, then perhaps he should be asking for a more modest amount. fucker.

PhLaXuS

PhLaXuS

Fort Lauderdale, FL
November 2005

JUL 22, 2006 09:12 PM

Lots of people look like celebrities. That's genetics. It's going to happen. If you're so insecure or hate your life so much that it bothers you, deal with it. My name's Luke and damn near EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've met for my entire life has the obligatory "I'm your father..." moment. Should I sue them because George Lucas has more money than me? Maybe because He Brought This Upon Meeeee! FUCK NO! I could use the money, but I'm not that petty. This is yet another inane rambing from some dumbfuck trying to get a piece of the pie. He didn't earn it. He doesn't deserve it. He's trying to 'legally steal' the money from Michael Jordan. End of fucking story. Whenever I hear such things, there's usually someone around who's not from the States who's surprised at the new depths of fucktardishness that we've fallen to here. We're so obsessed with money. It's our god and we want more.

Tadzi

Tadzi

New Brunswick, NJ
April 2003

JUL 24, 2006 07:15 AM

PhLaXuS said:
Lots of people look like celebrities. That's genetics. It's going to happen. If you're so insecure or hate your life so much that it bothers you, deal with it. My name's Luke and damn near EVERY SINGLE PERSON I've met for my entire life has the obligatory "I'm your father..." moment. Should I sue them because George Lucas has more money than me? Maybe because He Brought This Upon Meeeee! FUCK NO! I could use the money, but I'm not that petty. This is yet another inane rambing from some dumbfuck trying to get a piece of the pie. He didn't earn it. He doesn't deserve it. He's trying to 'legally steal' the money from Michael Jordan. End of fucking story. Whenever I hear such things, there's usually someone around who's not from the States who's surprised at the new depths of fucktardishness that we've fallen to here. We're so obsessed with money. It's our god and we want more.



i feel for you....i used to hang out with this girl named marsha. i couldnt introuce her to people or mention her name in passing without a fucking brady bunch reference.

FrankMask

FrankMask

Saint Paul, MN
June 2003

JUL 24, 2006 08:20 AM

I want to see one of these 'On principles' suits where the guy is demanding a written apology and court fees, nada mas.

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