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Lawsuit of the Day: Hired Help v. Eddy Curry

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As you might have heard, New York Knicks atrocious waste of salary cap space star center Eddy Curry has been sued by a former employee. We all knew that Curry was a 6’11” behemoth of a man who is afraid of grabbing a rebound. But some of the allegations contained in the complaint against him are more shocking than his inability to play 20 minutes without needing an oxygen mask:

18. The plaintiff was further subjected to humiliation and intentional acts of sexual harassment discrimination by the Curry during the course of his employment.

19. On more than one occasion in the last year of plaintiff’s employment, Curry approached him, in the nude, and tried to solicit him to engage in homosexual acts with him by telling the plaintiff “look at me, Dave, look” and “come and touch it, Dave.”

And while we’re here:

20. Curry directed the plaintiff to perform humiliating tasks outside the scope of his employment, such as cleaning up and removing dirty towels that he “nutted all over” so that his wife would not see them.

We should say that Curry strenuously denies all of the allegations contained in the complaint. And teammates like Quentin Richardson and David Lee have come to Curry’s defense.

But wait ’till you get a look at the plaintiff’s lawyer, after the jump.

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Matthew J. Blit of Levine & Blit is representing the plaintiff in this case. According to Blit’s bio:

Matthew, a former defense attorney with one of the world’s largest defense firms, has successfully litigated numerous high profile Federal and State Court matters. Matthew is highly regarded for his efforts against workplace discrimination. His deposition and trial skills have crushed the top executives of some of New York’s most powerful companies. Most impressive is Matthew’s closing statements during trial. Attorneys unassociated with the firm and his cases come to watch his prestige and ability to capture a jury.

I don’t know about you, but I’m intimidated just writing about Mr. Blit. This guy (B.A. = St. Johns, JD = St. Johns) is so prestigious that people actually show up in court just to “watch” his prestige on display.

Since Eddy Curry gets intimidated when 6’2” Frenchman Tony “Longoria” Parker drives the lane, I can only imagine that he’s shaking in his nutted towels right now.

Sorry, I’m a disgruntled Knick fan that is still waiting for John Starks to stop shooting.

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Eddy Curry considering defamation suit [Newsday]
Knicks Acquire Curry and Davis From Bulls [NBA.com]
Rockets 90 — Knicks 84 [Basketball Reference]
DAVID KUCHINSKY v. EDDY A. CURRY [PDF]

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