{"id":2078,"date":"2018-10-18T21:01:46","date_gmt":"2018-10-19T01:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2023-07-25T11:44:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T15:44:26","slug":"bell-rings-for-another-round-in-waiters-suit-against-pacquiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/jsel\/2018\/10\/bell-rings-for-another-round-in-waiters-suit-against-pacquiao\/","title":{"rendered":"Bell Rings for Another Round in Waiter\u2019s Suit against Pacquiao"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A California appeals court has allowed a lawsuit<\/a> brought by a Hollywood restaurant employee against Manny Pacquiao to proceed. Gabriel Rueda<\/a> is demanding a finder\u2019s fee for supposedly setting up the 2015 blockbuster boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. Rueda, also known as Gabriel Salvador,was an acquaintance of Pacquiao\u2019s legendary trainer, Freddie Roach, because his son occasionally worked out at Roach\u2019s Wild Card Gym. When CBS chief executive Les Moonves came into Rueda\u2019s restaurant, Rueda told him he could \u201chelp get this fight going.\u201d He subsequently set up a meeting between Moonves and Roach that he claims was instrumental to the deal.<\/p>\n

Rueda sued<\/a> the Pacquiao team in California state court to recover the \u201cfinder\u2019s fee\u201d that he alleges Roach promised him, which was 2% of the gross proceeds<\/a> paid to CBS and its subsidiary Showtime, as well as subsequent damages for extortion and intentional infliction of emotional distress.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, an appellate panel dismissed<\/a> Pacquiao\u2019s anti-SLAPP<\/a> motion, allowing the case to move forward. California\u2019s anti-SLAPP law allows defendants to bring a motion to strike a complaint \u201cbrought primarily to chill the valid exercise of the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and petition for the redress of grievances.\u201d The defendants argued their statements at the meeting with Rueda were protected because they spoke in \u201canticipation of litigation.\u201d The court rejected this, finding that the parties saw litigation as a \u201cmere possibility\u201d at the time, which is insufficient for an anti-SLAPP motion to succeed.<\/p>\n

Buddy Bardenwerper<\/em>\u00a0is a Sports Highlight Contributor for the Harvard Journal of Sports and Entertainment Law and a current first year student at Harvard Law School (Class of 2021).<\/em><\/p>\n

Image: SUNIL GROVER<\/a>,\u00a0Boxing jaa<\/a>,\u00a0CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a><\/p>\n

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A California appeals court has allowed a lawsuit brought by a Hollywood restaurant employee against Manny Pacquiao to proceed. Gabriel Rueda is demanding a finder\u2019s fee for supposedly setting up the 2015 blockbuster boxing match with Floyd Mayweather. Rueda, also known as Gabriel Salvador,was an acquaintance of Pacquiao\u2019s legendary trainer, Freddie Roach, because his son 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