Even Famous People Have Crazy Relatives, Just Ask A-Rod
Even Famous People Have Crazy Relatives, Just Ask A-Rod
Unless you are a Yankee's Fan, what you likely know about A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez, is that he hits a lot of home runs, but that his records are under scrutiny since he was using performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) while he was hitting them. As a result, he had to sit out an entire baseball season and forfeit millions of dollars in salary and millions more in record bonuses including a $6 million bonus for tying Willie Mays career 660 home run mark.
If that is not enough to make a grown man cry, A-Rod has some family problems as well: $100 million family problem. Rodriguez's ex-wife's brother, Constantine Scurtis said that A-Rod was in a real estate company venture with him and that the ballplayer cheated …show more content…
Scurtis is afraid that the ballplayer will try to hide his money and assets to appear to have a lower net worth than he does.
Interestingly, Scurtis says the lawsuit is not about the money, but justice. "This is the last thing in the world I want to do…I'm not trying to draw attention to myself. But what's right is right," he says. In his defense, Scurtis is not just some guy living on the streets, he is president of the direct lending firm, SL Capital.
Experts fully expect this case to be settled out of court and A-Rod to end up paying far less than the $100 million that is being asked for. If they do end up going after more of his money, the year off and delayed payment of his million dollar bonuses may be a good thing. If he gets past the lawsuit and then gets the money he doesn't have to share it with Scurtis.
Unless you are a Yankee's Fan, what you likely know about A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez, is that he hits a lot of home runs, but that his records are under scrutiny since he was using performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) while he was hitting them. As a result, he had to sit out an entire baseball season and forfeit millions of dollars in salary and millions more in record bonuses including a $6 million bonus for tying Willie Mays career 660 home run mark.
If that is not enough to make a grown man cry, A-Rod has some family problems as well: $100 million family problem. Rodriguez's ex-wife's brother, Constantine Scurtis said that A-Rod was in a real estate company venture with him and that the ballplayer cheated …show more content…
Scurtis is afraid that the ballplayer will try to hide his money and assets to appear to have a lower net worth than he does.
Interestingly, Scurtis says the lawsuit is not about the money, but justice. "This is the last thing in the world I want to do…I'm not trying to draw attention to myself. But what's right is right," he says. In his defense, Scurtis is not just some guy living on the streets, he is president of the direct lending firm, SL Capital.
Experts fully expect this case to be settled out of court and A-Rod to end up paying far less than the $100 million that is being asked for. If they do end up going after more of his money, the year off and delayed payment of his million dollar bonuses may be a good thing. If he gets past the lawsuit and then gets the money he doesn't have to share it with Scurtis.