Gary Player Wins $5M Lawsuit Against Son

[Sandy Divot]

3 hours ago, turtleback said:

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:

 

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.

 

Obviously, I was wrong . Thanks for clearing it up.

[Buckeyebowman]

10 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?

If that was the case, I'd congratulate him! 

8 hours ago, turtleback said:

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:

 

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.

 

One's actions have consequences! Player's kids need to learn that, along with everyone else's! 

[colin007]

What a family. Sheeesh.

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