Monday, January 13, 2014

Pimp sues Nike for $100m for not warning that sneakers can be a weapon

Pimp sues Nike for $100m for not warning that sneakers can be a weapon | Mail Online:
Pimp Sirgiorgiro Clardy, seen here in this mug shot, is suing Nike for $100m for failing to include a label on Air Jordan sneakers that says they can be used as deadly weapons. Clardy beat a man with his own pair of Jordans in 2012 after he failed to pay one of Clardy's prostitutes"A pimp is suing Nike for $100 million -- and says that its Air Jordan shoes failed to include a warning on them that they could be used as dangerous weapons after he used his own pair to beat a man.

Sirgiorgiro Clardy, 26, alleges Nike is partially responsible for Clardy's 100-year prison sentence for beating a man in 2012, The Oregonian reports.
Clardy, a Portland-based pimp, was wearing a pair of Jordans when he stomped on the face of a man who was attempting to leave a hotel without paying Clardy's prostitute, the paper adds. "

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