Posted on 04/28/2005 4:54:00 PM PDT by highimpact
Female professional golfer Jackie Gallagher-Smith has been slapped with a bombshell lawsuit by her former caddie, who charges that she enticed him into a steamy sexual relationship so she could conceive the child she couldn’t have with her husband.
In the suit, filed in Palm Beach County, Fla., on April 27, Gallagher-Smith’s former caddie Gary Robinson, 26, claims the golf pro’s actions made him "an unwitting sperm donor” and were "beyond all bounds of human decency.”
Robinson says he’s seeking damages for "severe emotional distress” for pain and suffering due to Gallagher-Smith’s refusal to allow him access to the child, born in March of this year.
Robinson is represented by prominent Palm Beach attorney Cathy Lively. The suit was filed in Florida, as Gallagher-Smith lives in Palm Beach County.
According to the lawsuit obtained by NewsMax.com, Gallagher-Smith was 36 years old when Robinson began serving as her caddie on the LPGA tour in February 2004. Robinson was 25.
The blonde-haired Gallagher-Smith joined the LPGA in 1994 and has earned more than $1.1 million in tournament winnings. She married her husband, Eddie Smith, in 1992.
Robinson alleges that their physical relationship began with suggestive comments from Gallagher-Smith and requests that he "massage her back, neck, and shoulders . . .”
The relationship developed in April 2004 when Gallagher-Smith invited Robinson to stay at her Palm Beach County home "as her husband was out of town.”
After watching golf videos and a movie, the couple became intimate.
"While seated together on the couch, Gallagher-Smith began to move closer and ultimately physically placed herself on Robinson’s lap and began kissing him.”
Over the course of the next few weeks, the golfer "induced Robinson to enter into a sexual relationship,” he claims.
Then, during a tournament in June, Gallagher-Smith invited Robinson to stay with her in her hotel room "wherein the parties engaged in daily sexual activity,” according to the suit.
"On or about June 27, 2004 . . . Gallagher-Smith, with the intent of conceiving a child, intentionally induced Robinson to engage in unprotected sexual intercourse and encouraged that he take no preventive measures.”
Gallagher-Smith told Robinson she was pregnant in mid-July and said she believed he was the father of the child, according to the lawsuit.
The suit continues:
"Robinson’s beliefs that Gallagher-Smith’s actions were intentionally done for the purpose of conceiving are strengthened by the fact Gallagher-Smith had advised Robinson that she had wanted a child; that she and her husband had been attempting to conceive a child but that they had been unable to do so.”
Robinson further charges that Gallagher-Smith never intended to allow him to have any part in the child’s life, "forcing Robinson to go through the rest of his life questioning whether he was a father and forever wondering about what he believed to be his child.”
Ironically, Gallagher-Smith – who leads Bible study groups - is a Christian athlete and member of Life Athletes, a group whose "commitment” includes this statement: "I will give myself only to that special person I marry as my partner for life.” And according to Robinson’s lawsuit, "Gallagher-Smith would encourage Robinson to engage in sexual relations and then invite him to join her at bible study meetings.”
Edwin Belz, Gallagher-Smith’s attorney, issued a terse comment to NewsMax. "It’s extortion,” he said.
What the hell is in the drinking water down in Florida?
Gators.
It takes two to tango. He knew what he was doing, and he willingly engaged in an affair with a married woman. It's hard to be sympathetic...
I will not however be Liza Minelli's caddie..........Not without a mouthwash allowance.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
http://www.lpga.com/player_results.aspx?id=447
who she is and what she looks like.
I guess money grubbing cheap shot law suits aren't exclusive to women trying to entrap male athletes. Wonder how this dirtbag can show himself in public and not expect to be laughed at.
Oh.
Hetrosexual LGPA sex.
After watching golf videos and a movie, the couple became intimate.
She's a man, man!
He had most likely tried to blackmail her first, threatening to tell hubby. When it was explained that hubby knew and approved, he went this route.
What is it with guys claiming rape or sexual abuse these days...it used to be a fantasy back in my youth.
I actually knew Jackie. My old roommate dated her years ago. I also know her brothers, both former PGA Tour members.
This family is/was about as talented as there ever is/was in the golf business.
The father is a decorated club pro. Jim Jr. and Jeff both have all the talent in the world, but just never did much with it.
Jackie - same thing - all sorts of talent, but not too many wins.
This doesn't really sound like her, but who knows. It's been years.
When you file a lawsuit, it's not extortion. If he had tried to get her to pay an unreasonably large amount of money in order to keep quiet about the relationship, that would be extortion.
"I'll even sign a no sue clause as a condition of employment"
So--- How many Sue's are there on the tour?
,,, a better title would have been "19th hole goes to Court".
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