A 26-year-old Portland pimp has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Nike, claiming the shoe manufacturer is partially responsible for a brutal beating that helped net him a 100-year prison sentence.
Sirgiorgiro Clardy claims Nike should have placed a label in his Jordan shoes warning consumers that they could be used as a dangerous weapon. He was wearing a pair when he repeatedly stomped the face of a john who was trying to leave a Portland hotel without paying Clardy’s prostitute in June 2012.
For Full Story: CLICK HERE…..
Update
A judge has thrown out a $100 million lawsuit filed by an imprisoned pimp who claimed Nike should have warned him that his Air Jordans sneakers could be used as a dangerous weapon before he beat a john bloody with them.
“There’s no defect in the shoes,” said Tim Coleman, one of three attorneys representing Nike at the hearing. “There’s no … evidence of defect or dangerous condition of these shoes when used normally.”
Continuing Reading Full Story here…..
Source: Oregonlive