According to the
Wall Street Journal Law Blog:
Lawyers for a former St. Louis Ram, Willie Gary, and others filed a complaint today against the New England Patriots and the Patriots’ coach, Bill Belichick... The suit, a putative class action filed in federal court in Louisiana, seeks more than $100 million (that’s not a typo) for alleged “fraudulent videotaping” of the Rams walk-through practice prior to the 2002 Super Bowl. In addition to Gary, the putative plaintiffs are ticket purchasers and the 72,922 attendees of the Super Bowl.
A
copy of the complaint is available from the WSJLB.
The suit was filed by four plaintiffs and on behalf of those similarly situation: a former Rams player/employee who was on the roster for Super Bowl XXXVI, two fans who purchased tickets to Super Bowl XXXVI and attended the game, and a Rams season ticket holder.
Interestingly, the complaint alleges at paragraph 84 that it's a material condition to the purchase of the tickets that the participants in the game will play honestly and according to the agreed rules and conditions of the game. If that is indeed the case, then you can foresee a flood of similar complaints from anyone who may have attended an MLB game in the past decade or so.
And there are allegations of breaches under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act.