DMX is a Rapper/Actor/Boxer/Defendant
Rapper DMX has been sued for $1 million backing out of a celebrity boxing match that was part of a Boxing/MMA card called "Alabama Pride" slated for December 12, 2009 in Alabama.
Documents posted by TMZ (add requisite grain of salt) indicate that DMX wanted the "fight" staged in a way that protected both his safety and his reputation. While Thunder Promotions is not above advertising a fight featuring a rapper whose best martial arts credential is that he co-starred with Steven Seagal, it does draw the line at fixed fights. DMX is out. Coolio is in. Really.
Several lessons here:
1. Before you promote a fight, make sure those on the card actually plan to take part in a real fight. (Of course, this may have happened here as a lawsuit has been filed, but see Number 2.)
2. The amount of damages sought in a lawsuit often have nothing to do with reality. (19,000 people wouldn't pay to see DMX rap, let alone fight.)
3. If you are going to send out a document that makes your client look really bad, a confidentiality provision in that same document does not help you if the other party decides to go public with it instead of signing it.
