Burress is Sued Over a Vehicle
New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress can’t seem to shake the drama. The troubled baller is now involved in a civil suit by a car dealer to determine how much he will be forced to pay for a $36,000 Chevy Avalanche he leased that was impounded by New York City Police. The dealer, Frederick Laurenzo, said he thought it would be “good for my business,” to allow Burress in 2006 to borrow the 2004 vehicle. In exchange, Burress had agreed to sign autographs at promotional events. But just a month after the agreement, Laurenzo said police called him to say they had impounded the car because it was connected with a crime. Laurenzo said he then called Burress and told him to contact police and straighten out the matter. However, Burress never called police or returned Laurenzo’s calls, according to Laurenzo. He said it took him a year to get his vehicle back from police.
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Texas Tech’s Michael Crabtree is going pro after two years of college football. He said there’s very little left for him to accomplish at the university level. So how high does he think he’ll go in the draft? “As far as I’ve seen, top 5. That’s what I’m striving for,” Crabtree said. His size, strength and unique set of skills have enabled him to average 120.3 yards and 1.6 touchdowns per game in college. Over his college career, he made 231 catches for 3,127 yards and 41 touchdowns, especially impressive for two years in college. “I feel like the next level will be a big challenge for me and I’m looking forward to it,” Crabtree said.

Brandy gets sued again over deadly accident. Singer Brandy’s nightmare regarding a deadly car crash two years ago is far from over. Although a lawsuit filed by a family member of Awatef Aboudihaj, the married mother of two who was killed in the accident, was dismissed, Brandy is looking at a new round of civil charges. Donald Lite, who was injured in the 2006 multiple-auto collision, is suing Brandy, claiming that her alleged disregard for the rules of the road is the reason he suffers from extreme physical damage, according to TMZ.com. He says he has “serious and permanent injuries.” The lawsuit, filed last week in L.A. County Superior Court, alleges that Brandy’s failure to keep a safe distance, coupled with her alleged speeding, caused the actress to slam into the rear-end of Awatef’s vehicle, knocking Awatef’s car into his vehicle. Lite is suing for an undetermined amount.

Mos Def gets sued. Mos Def’s divorce lawyers are suing him for allegedly failing to pay them $60,000 he owes them for their services, Star Pulse is reporting. Attorneys for the legal firm Blank Rome claim that the rapper never kicked them down for the fees and retainers after they assisted him in his divorce from Maria Yepes in 2006.

Trial for Civil Rights Era suspect is delayed. James Bonard Fowler, the White Alabama trooper who will stand trial for killing a Black man at a civil rights rally a half century ago must wait another month or so before facing his accusers. The trial, originally scheduled for Sept. 11, will be held on Oct 20. Fowler allegedly shot Jimmie Lee Jackson in cold blood in Marion, Ala., in 1965 following civil rights demonstration. Fowler, who was indicted last year, says the shooting was self-defense.

Abercrombie is sued over a Muslim head scarf. Arguing that Abercrombie & Fitch violated the civil rights of a Muslim job applicant by denying her application because of her head scarf, a Muslim civil rights group has sued the popular clothing outlet. According to the lawsuit, filed at the Oklahoma City branch of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the district manager for the clothing store at Woodland Hills Mall told a young woman in late June that her hijab, a head scarf worn observant Muslim women, did not fit the Abercrombie image. “Employers have a clear legal duty to accommodate the religious practices of their workers,” said Razi Hashmi, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma, which helped the girl file the complaint. “To deny someone employment because of apparent religious bias goes against long-standing American traditions of tolerance and inclusion.” The council declined to release the name of the plaintiff; she is younger than 18. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 stipulates that employers must attempt to accommodate the religious practices of an employee unless doing so would create an undue hardship for the employer.