Gary Player Wins $5M Lawsuit Against Son

[iacas]

Gary Player wins $5 million legal dispute against son | Golf World | Golf Digest

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Along with the payout, Player, 84, receives the rights to his name and likeness back from the company that bears his name.

This isn't the son that was arrested for fraud.

[Slim_Pivot]

That’s pretty sad

[Vinsk]

Player a douchebag. Yeah, yeah legal right ..whatever. He’s a douche.

[Yukari]

Without details it’s hard to comment on this. 

[iacas]

6 minutes ago, Yukari said:

Without details it’s hard to comment on this. 

Did you read the linked article? There aren't many details but there are a few. Sounds like Gary was owed royalties, and so he got those plus the rights to his name back.

Gary has some seemingly devious sons.

[finsfan21]

1 hour ago, iacas said:

Did you read the linked article? There aren't many details but there are a few. Sounds like Gary was owed royalties, and so he got those plus the rights to his name back.

Gary has some seemingly devious sons.

Apple and tree?

 

[Yukari]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

Did you read the linked article? There aren't many details but there are a few. Sounds like Gary was owed royalties, and so he got those plus the rights to his name back.

Gary has some seemingly devious sons.

Yes, I did read the article but it has minimal information. 

Was it really his son or was it the company? How much control did his son have?  How much day-to-day operation was his son involved in?  Who does the accounting to pay royalties? etc.

[Sandy Divot]

I would guess Gary might get one less Father's Day card than usual this year.

[finsfan21]

3 minutes ago, Sandy Divot said:

I would guess Gary might get one less Father's Day card than usual this year.

5 Millions buys a hell of a Fathers day card 😁

[David in FL]

10 hours ago, finsfan21 said:

Apple and tree?

 

My first thought as well...

[ncates00]

13 hours ago, Vinsk said:

Player a douchebag. Yeah, yeah legal right ..whatever. He’s a douche.

Why's that?  The media post has mischaracterized the lawsuit.  He didn't sue his son; the dispute was with the company.  His son works with the company, so it wasn't a suit directly against his son. 

Now, it is possible that there were personal issues between the two that led to Player's action, but I don't know.

[Sandy Divot]

2 hours ago, ncates00 said:

Why's that?  The media post has mischaracterized the lawsuit.  He didn't sue his son; the dispute was with the company.  His son works with the company, so it wasn't a suit directly against his son. 

Now, it is possible that there were personal issues between the two that led to Player's action, but I don't know.

It said his son runs the company.

[ncates00]

23 minutes ago, Sandy Divot said:

It said his son runs the company.

Running a company doesn't mean you are the one getting sued.  A company is an entity unto itself.  His son was not being held personally liable in the suit.

Edited June 11, 2020 by ncates00

[Vinsk]

5 hours ago, ncates00 said:

He didn't sue his son; the dispute was with the company.  His son works with the company,

Well that’s sure not what the title of the article conveys.

[ncates00]

4 hours ago, Vinsk said:

Well that’s sure not what the title of the article conveys.

Yep. That’s why you gotta go past article titles. It only makes sense. It appears that the son didn’t hold Player’s IP personally; rather, the company for which he worked did. Makes sense. 

[Vinsk]

10 hours ago, ncates00 said:

Why's that?  The media post has mischaracterized the lawsuit.  He didn't sue his son; the dispute was with the company.  His son works with the company, so it wasn't a suit directly against his son. 

Now, it is possible that there were personal issues between the two that led to Player's action, but I don't know.

I get that but you keep minimizing his son’s responsibility. The article says ‘ run by his son’. Working for a company isn’t the same as running a company. Either way...Gary Player has shown to be a douche regardless of this lawsuit that didn’t in any way whatsoever involve a company that his son had minimal connections to.🙂

[Sandy Divot]

I might be wrong, but didn't Gary let one of his sons stay in jail after being arrested to teach him a lesson?

[turtleback]

2 hours ago, Sandy Divot said:

I might be wrong, but didn't Gary let one of his sons stay in jail after being arrested to teach him a lesson?

First of all, that is a pretty irresponsible thing to say when you don't know the facts.  Saying "I might be wrong" doesn't give you license to libel someone.

Secondly, if it WERE true, and I looked and the only arrest of a son I could find said nothing about Gary letting his son stay in jail, it would be good parenting.  Shielding your kids from the consequences of their actions is one of the best ways to ruin your kid. (of course in this case the 'kid' was 56 years old)

I DID find this:

 

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Player was detained before boarding a Jan. 18 flight from Atlanta, but because of the Martin Luther King holiday weekend he wasn’t processed by Columbia County until Jan. 23. In the interim he was held in a Clayton County (Ga.) detention center.

https://www.golfchannel.com/news/wayne-player-spent-five-nights-hell-after-arrest-explains-his-side

which, if this is the incident you were thinking of, shows that his 5 days in jail had to do with the holiday weekend and the resulting delay in processing and had nothing to do with Gary, who could not have bailed him out even if he wanted to.