K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup (July 1, 2025)

K&C Sports & Entertainment Law Weekly Roundup (July 1, 2025)

Sports:

• A Raleigh basketball scout and life coach was sentenced to six years in prison for his role in a COVID-19 fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said Monday. Raleigh basketball scout, life coach sentenced in multimillion COVID fraud scheme – CBS
• A group of professional tennis players accusing the organizers of the sport’s largest competitive events of running an illegal “cartel” is considering adding the operators of the four Grand Slam tournaments as defendants in a proposed antitrust class action but told a New York federal judge it will wait for further talks with them before deciding. Tennis Players Ponder Adding Grand Slams To Antitrust Suit – Law360

MLB

• San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. filed a lawsuit Monday against Big League Advance in an attempt to void the future earnings contract he signed as a 17-year-old minor leaguer that could cost him about $34 million. Padres star Tatis sues Big League Advance in attempt to get out of future earnings deal – AP
• The widow of a former Cincinnati Reds pitcher is pushing to keep her lawsuit against Major League Baseball’s pension plan alive, urging a Florida federal judge to preserve her legal fight for surviving spouse benefits in the face of the plan’s motion to dismiss. Pitcher’s Widow Keeps Up Fight For Benefits From MLB Plan – Law 360
• A court in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, found baseball player Wander Franco — of the Tampa Bay Rays — guilty of abuse and sexual exploitation of a minor and imposed a two-year prison sentence, though the sanction was suspended with the restriction that he not approach minors. Baseball player Wander Franco found guilty in sexual abuse case, imposed two-year suspended sentence – CNN

Entertainment:

LAWSUITS OF THE RICH & FAMOUS

• The prosecution and defense have rested in the Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking case. June 24, 2025 – Defense and prosecution rest in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs trial | CNN One of Combs’ lawyers attacked the legitimacy of the government’s racketeering case, accusing prosecutors of invading Combs’ private sex life and saying two women he is alleged to have trafficked are motivated by money. A ‘fake trial’: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers make final arguments to jurors Meanwhile, two men and a woman filed new sexual assault suits against Combs in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming that they were drugged, raped and assaulted by both Combs and his son at different parties. More Diddy Accusers Sue Over Sex Assaults In Los Angeles – Law360