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Bush family didn't buy their own house?


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There was a big story on SportsCenter this morning about it.

 

I didn't get all the details... but since Bush didn't go with their agency, they are now threatening to reveal "personal secrets" of Reggie Bush if he doesn't pay them 10 million dollars or something.

 

Sounds pretty dang shady... but when you take a free house illegally... I guess you know there are going to be expectations.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2424883

and

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2425136

 

The NFL Players Association and NFL Security have concluded that sports agent David Caravantes and fledgling marketing company New Era Sports used an attorney to try and force USC running back Reggie Bush to pay them $3.2 million after Bush decided not to sign with the group, sources told ESPN's Joe Schad on Thursday.

 

According to the sources, Caravantes threatened to reveal embarrassing personal information about the Bush family if he did not receive the money. Sources also say Caravantes tried to evict the family from a San Diego house they rented from his business associate Michael Michaels.

 

The landlord, Michael Michaels, said that Bush's mother and stepfather agreed to pay $4,500 in monthly rent when they moved into the Spring Valley house he bought for $757,000 in March 2005, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday.

 

They didn't pay for the first few months but promised to pay when the Heisman Trophy-winner started earning millions of dollars after turning pro, said Michaels, who described himself as a real estate investor.

 

Michaels' attorney, Brian Watkins, claimed that Bush was made aware of the situation and also promised to repay that debt and others when he turned professional, according to a report in Friday's Los Angeles Times.

 

Watkins said he plans to file a $3.2 million fraud lawsuit against Bush's parents and possibly Bush. The sum includes $300,000 in money that Michaels claims he and another investor, a documented gang member named Lloyd Lake, put into the business, plus punitive damages.

 

According to Watkins, the scenario began when LaMar Griffin, Bush's stepfather, approached Lake during the player's sophomore season in the fall of 2004 with a proposal to form a sports management business. Watkins described Lake -- a documented gang member from El Cajon who is now serving time in prison for a probation violation -- as a longtime friend of the Bush family.

 

Griffin and Lake teamed up with Michaels to form New Era, he said. Michaels was a close associate of Lake's, according to a 2002 FBI affidavit filed in support of arrest warrants for Lake and other accused San Diego gang members.

 

Yeee-owch. This doesn't sound like a group of guys you want to owe a hundred grand of back-rent to.

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