Plaxico Burress Is A Real Winner
NEW YORK -- To Richard Malin, Plaxico Burress wasn't a customer, he was an ordeal.
It was 2002 when Burress, then playing for the Steelers, hired Malin, a home inspector, to look over a house he was buying in suburban Pittsburgh.
Malin quoted Burress a price of just under $500 and got the job.
He should've turned it down, Malin now says.
When it came time to pay the bill, Burress disappeared. He didn't respond to phone calls or letters. Malin appealed to one of the star's handlers for help, but still no payment. Malin filed a lawsuit, Burress ignored it.
After a judge ruled against the no-show NFL player, he sent Malin a check for $700.
"I got a note from Plaxico saying, 'Sorry for the inconvenience. Please inform the court that the judgment has been paid,' " Malin said.
"Then the check bounced."
It is a familiar story for the 31-year-old New York Giants wide receiver. (Source: ESPN)
Ok, there is no excuse for this. I can totally understand bringing your gun to a night club and shooting yourself in the leg. I mean that can happen to anyone. On the other hand, if you're a rich super star athlete and you won't pay some hard working guy who did a job for you $500 than you're a piece of shit.
It was 2002 when Burress, then playing for the Steelers, hired Malin, a home inspector, to look over a house he was buying in suburban Pittsburgh.
Malin quoted Burress a price of just under $500 and got the job.
He should've turned it down, Malin now says.
When it came time to pay the bill, Burress disappeared. He didn't respond to phone calls or letters. Malin appealed to one of the star's handlers for help, but still no payment. Malin filed a lawsuit, Burress ignored it.
After a judge ruled against the no-show NFL player, he sent Malin a check for $700.
"I got a note from Plaxico saying, 'Sorry for the inconvenience. Please inform the court that the judgment has been paid,' " Malin said.
"Then the check bounced."
It is a familiar story for the 31-year-old New York Giants wide receiver. (Source: ESPN)
Ok, there is no excuse for this. I can totally understand bringing your gun to a night club and shooting yourself in the leg. I mean that can happen to anyone. On the other hand, if you're a rich super star athlete and you won't pay some hard working guy who did a job for you $500 than you're a piece of shit.
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