CHICAGO -- Former Chicago Bulls star Scottie
Pippen won an $11.8 million judgment against a Chicago financial adviser
who sank the basketball player's money into questionable investments,
according to court papers.
Pippen entrusted Robert Lunn and his firm, Lunn Partners LLC, with $17.5
million, the Chicago Tribune reported in Wednesday's editions.
The seven-time All-Star was referred to Lunn by other advisers, Pippen
attorney Bob Cummins said. He added that Pippen was considering legal
action against others involved in managing his affairs.
"This has really been quite a rip-off," Cummins said.
Lunn and Lunn's attorney could not be reached for comment, the Tribune
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NEW YORK -- A lawyer and two ex-convicts remained in jail after being
arraigned on charges of trying to use a videotape of a fistfight to
blackmail Denver Nuggets basketball star
Carmelo Anthony for $3 million.
Rodrigo Sanchez, 36, a lawyer who lives in South Orange, N.J., and
Santos Joubert, 29, and Jason Pabon, 26, both of the Bronx, were held
after arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of grand
larceny and possession of stolen property.
Judge Richard Weinberg set bail at $75,000 for Sanchez, $125,000 for
Pabon, and $150,000 for Joubert. He scheduled their next court
appearance for Dec. 8.
The three were arrested after a meeting Tuesday inside the Trump
International Hotel where a check for $1.25 million was given to Pabon
by an undercover detective, a court complaint said.
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