At the beginning of the week, LeBron James drew plenty of attention, good and bad, by teasing an announcement that turned out to be a Hennessy ad.
Most people rolled their eyes out of annoyance, knowing
that this almost certainly would not be a retirement announcement. JJ Redick had some not-so-kind words for those who believed it would be something notable at practice this week.
And yet, one fan was completely duped and is now trying to make LeBron pay for it.
TMZ shared a story of a fan who spent nearly $1,000 on tickets to the Lakers’ last game against the Cavs and now wants his money back. So, he’s suing LeBron.
Andrew Garcia, a 29-year-old, lifelong Lakers fan, filed the lawsuit in a small claims court in Los Angeles County on Wednesday … claiming James owes him $865.66 after he says the hooper seemingly intimated he was about to announce his retirement.
Garcia tells TMZ Sports … when James on Monday teased he had a big choice to make — he figured The King meant he was hanging up his sneakers, so he raced to Ticketmaster to score some seats to what would be LBJ’s last-ever matchup with his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Imagine admitting to the public that you are a fool who fell for the most obvious bait possible. Why on Earth would you race to buy tickets when everyone on the internet was prematurely annoyed at what ad it was going to be for LeBron?
Even if you’re not someone who is online and didn’t see all of that discourse, did you really think LeBron was going to announce his retirement like that? In an interview with a random person no one knew a random Tuesday in October after the preseason has already begun?
These types of lawsuits should not only be thrown out quickly for wasting everyone’s time, but they should also come with a penalty for the person filing it.
No, you should not be suing LeBron for falling for this bait and then making a supremely dumb financial decision. And no, you should not be wasting people’s times on a lawsuit when much bigger things are going on in the world.
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