Friday, May 27, 2011

Contested in the role of the Court Over beating Dodgers

 The hits keep coming for the Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt and they are not the kind that contributes to the organization.

Latest off-the-field distraction came when the family of a fan Giants in San Francisco who was brutally beaten at Dodger Stadium continued opening day team and McCourt Tuesday, claiming security cuts have been partially responsible for the attack.


The lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of Bryan Stow argues that the Dodgers have shown negligence in providing more security and do not have adequate lighting in the parking lot where the incident occurred.


Combined, these two elements "provided an ideal opportunity to commit a variety of crimes," the prosecution States. "Unfortunately, for Bryan Stow, it's exactly what happened."


Stow, 42, remains in a critical but stable condition under sedation heavy to prevent the crises caused by traumatic brain injury, he has suffered in the attack on March 31.


Giovanni Ramirez, 31, was arrested by the police this weekend, but charges have not yet been filed against him. They have not identified a second attacker and a woman suspected of driving the pair of the scene.


Ramirez was detained on a parole hold, and again, detectives had not their case to the district attorney Office. Detective Pjai Morris said more work of investigation was conducted, but he was convinced that the case would move forward.


Plan to authorities Wednesday to have a range for whether the witnesses of the attack can identify Ramirez. A parole photograph obtained by the Associated Press, which bears some similarities to a composite sketch, published by the police, was not published because the authorities said that it might compromise the line-up.


Chip Matthews, which represents the members of the Ramirez family said that Ramirez never went to the game that day there.


Matthews told AP that Ramirez is willing to undergo a polygraph test to show he was not in the stage and had spent the day at his aunt with several members of the family.


In recent weeks McCourt saw major League Baseball to appoint a monitor to oversee the Dodgers and his ex-wife asked a judge in their divorce in the trial of order the sale of the team. Baseball officials have also said that they think that McCourt has enough money to pay later this month.


Stow prosecutors believe that McCourt has badly one of the richest franchises of baseball managed by extravagant spending since the purchase of the team in 2004 and by reducing the security during the games. Court documents filed in the divorce trial indicate that the McCourts had taken more than $ 100 million in loans from entities related to the Dodger.


Jerome M. Jackson, an attorney for the Dodgers, said in a statement that the Organization had been unwavering in its support for the Stow family and for the police investigators.


"But, to be clear, Mr. McCourt and the Dodgers of will be defending against the allegations," said the statement.


The prosecution also noted that personal Dodgers is slow to respond to Stow, taking between 10 and 15 minutes prior to their arrival on the scene. His lawyers say that Dodger Stadium a crime more than any other location of MLB and the defendants knew that the area was unsafe and a haven for members of gangs known to "meet, plan and carry out criminal activities."

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