The Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges against 8 celebrities for illegally touting crypto assets Tronix TRX and/or BitTorrent BTT without disclosing that they were compensated for doing so and the amount of their compensation. The list includes boxer Jake Paul. In addition, Lindsay Lohan, Soulja Boy, Austin Mahone, Kendra Lust, Lil Yachty, Ne-Yo and […]
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Miljas requests attorney fees and costs from Cohen
Attorneys for boxer Mladen Miljas have filed a motion for costs and attorneys’ fees for promoter Greg Cohen after prevailing in a jury trial last month. The Canadian Heavyweight sued his former promoter and won a jury trial which awarded him $825,732.75. In a court filing his attorneys are asking for over $370,000 in addition […]
Boxer wins jury verdict against promoter
A jury in Iowa found boxing promoter Greg Cohen liable for breach of contract, violations of the Ali Act, fraudulent inducement and tortious interference with business relationship to his former heavyweight Milad Miljas. The jury award the Canadian Heavyweight over $1 million. The lawsuit stems from Miljas’ lawsuit in which he claims that Cohen breached […]
MLW on Reelz debuts with 79K viewers
Major League Wrestling debuted on the Reelz network Tuesday drawing 79,000 viewers and 0.03 in the 18-49 demo. It was good enough for 130th overall in cable. In comparison, NXT on the USA Network drew 562,000 viewers and a 0.11 rating in the 18-49 demo. MLW, which is involved in a lawsuit with WWE, previously […]
Top 10 of 2022: UFC Antitrust Lawsuit inches closer to something
The UFC Antitrust Lawsuit celebrated its 8th anniversary this month and while lawsuits in combat sports have come and gone in that time span this lawsuit has yet to be issued class certification. While Judge Richard Boulware has indicated that he will grant certification for a portion of the plaintiffs’ claims but waited for a […]