Ruben "Hurricane" Carter got paid a fortune to speak at the UofL a few years ago. Maybe not 50 grand, but it was a lot of money. It was right around the time that movie came out about him.
I think the organizers expected him to go on some sort of anti-authority rant, but instead he was like a motivational speaker, referring to Jesus pretty much constantly (at least for the 5 minutes that I watched through the window into the gym).
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