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Federal Suit Could KO Kansas Senate Hopeful
WIBW ^ | September 9, 2014 | AP

Posted on 09/09/2014 6:42:53 AM PDT by lacrew

Court records show that independent Senate candidate Greg Orman is embroiled in a federal lawsuit in Kansas with an international boxing equipment manufacturer.

(Excerpt) Read more at wibw.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: senate
A lot of talk about the Kansas senate race lately. Turns out the faux independent has some legal problems.
1 posted on 09/09/2014 6:42:53 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: lacrew

The democrats have stolen the Senate that way ... One election at a time.

Lautenberg (NJ) was swapped in when the other candidate trailed in the polls;
Missouri (electing a dead guy to name his wife;
electing a comedian in MN by contesting votes;


2 posted on 09/09/2014 6:48:06 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: lacrew

It’s an odd court episode. He must have been a full-partner or silent-partner in some get-rich scheme involving boxing. He’ll have to come out and explain this one, and I have doubts that folks will believe the story.


3 posted on 09/09/2014 6:48:26 AM PDT by pepsionice
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To: lacrew

Good. Independents elect Democrats.


4 posted on 09/09/2014 6:48:38 AM PDT by Minsc
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To: lacrew

Since Orman filed as an Independent, he wasn’t vetted by the Democrat Primary or by the party pros. That was probably a bad mistake. Roberts has hired a gunslinger who will be riding into Dodge shortly. These sorts of things will put Orman on the defensive and keep him there.


5 posted on 09/09/2014 6:51:30 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: pepsionice

A lot of really unsavory people hang out around boxing.
This could get interesting.


6 posted on 09/09/2014 6:54:38 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: pepsionice

Here is a much more detailed story:

http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/09/08/4134341/boxing-firm-has-suit-against-kansas.html?

Orman’s group founds “Ringside”, which misses a royalty payment and gets blacklisted by Everlast...so they dissolve that company and come up with “Combat Brands” and “RAL”. These 2 new companies buy the inventory of “Ringside”, which includes Everlast products, and keeps selling it.

I’m no lawyer, and have no idea how kosher this is. But it goes to court in October.


7 posted on 09/09/2014 6:57:20 AM PDT by lacrew
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Funny. I know people that used to work for Ringside.


8 posted on 09/09/2014 7:36:26 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: centurion316

Dodge City, where Robert’s calls home because it’s where his friend’s recliner is.


9 posted on 09/09/2014 7:37:17 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: demshateGod

He just shows up when there is a gunfight.


10 posted on 09/09/2014 7:40:34 AM PDT by centurion316
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To: centurion316

Precisely.

The ESTABS for Roberts came in and basically fired his campaign, put in their own gum-shoe and this little paragraph gets dropped on Orman, one of five in a dispute for royalty payments on sports equipment.

Simple vetting, but heck, Orman and company may win this lawsuit. One wouldn’t know that from this little paragraph bomb.


11 posted on 09/09/2014 7:42:11 AM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: lacrew

Ah, that is the “rest” of the story. Thanks very much.


12 posted on 09/09/2014 7:44:27 AM PDT by RitaOK ( VIVA CRISTO REY / Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming.)
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To: lacrew

It’s not a crime, but Everlast should be able to collect against the successor companies on an alter ego theory. Also might be a fraudulent conveyance.


13 posted on 09/09/2014 7:54:31 AM PDT by Defiant (4 main US grps: conservatives, useless idiots (aka RINOs), marxists and useful idiots (aka liberals))
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I’m just wondering about the unpaid royalties on the ‘second hand’ merchandise. Borders on fraud in my book.

Right now, I think its just a lawsuit though.


14 posted on 09/09/2014 7:59:42 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: lacrew

Sounds like that would be a fraud, yes. Civil, though. Possibly criminal, depends on the facts and on state law.


15 posted on 09/09/2014 8:56:25 AM PDT by Defiant (4 main US grps: conservatives, useless idiots (aka RINOs), marxists and useful idiots (aka liberals))
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