Miami-Dade County Circuit Court Asked to Set Aside the Fraud Which Led to Unlawful Dismissals and Award Large Damages
(Miami, Florida, November 13, 2024). Larry Klayman, Esq., the founder of both Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, a former federal prosecutor who was on the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division trial team that broke up the AT&T monopoly during the Reagan administration, and a former Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Florida, announced that he had filed a lawsuit to set aside fraudulently induced dismissals and the thwarting of discovery into and public disclosure of alleged anticompetitive acts by Tiger Woods, Rory McIllroy, the PGA Tour, the DP World Tour, Official Golf World Ranking (“OWGR”) and NBC’s Golf Channel by these defendants and their legal counsel in a consumer antitrust and unfair trade practice case styled Klayman et. al v. PGA Tour et al, 50-2022-CA-006587 (15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County), which had been filed two and one-half years ago in the public interest.
This new complaint, which is self explanatory, can be found at www.freedomwatchusa.org and is link below. See Klayman v. Woods et. al (Filing No.210784896,11th Judicial Circuit, Miami-Dade County).
The underlying lawsuit where the fraud was allegedly committed was wrongfully dismissed by the Honorable Louis Delgado, after years of obstruction and delay caused by the Defendants, and in particular legal counsel for not just the PGA Tour and its Commissioner Jay Monahan, but also counsel for PGA players and officials Tiger Woods, Rory McIllroy and Davis Love III, as well as furthered by Judge Delgado. During this time period, it became apparent that Defendant Woods in particular was a mastermind and point person for the PGA Tour’s illegal attempt to continue it’s monopoly over professional golf. It is alleged that when Judge Delgado realized the downside to him in proceeding with a case involving Tiger Woods and which would publicly disclose his illegal acts, Woods being an icon in the golfing world, he delayed it unreasonably and later dismissed it, to avoid exposing publicly Woods’ illegal conduct to the public. Prior to the dismissals, which also involved the DP World Tour, OWGR and NBC’s Golf Channel, all of which were alleged to be colluding to restrain trade to kill the nascent LIV Golf Tour and harm its players, Judge Delgado has kept the mainstay of the proceedings from public scrutiny, in effect creating a secret star chamber, which is contrary to our open legal system.
Klayman had this to say in filing the complaint for fraud and other illegal conduct by Woods, the PGA Tour, its Commissioner Monahan, the other Defendants and their legal counsel, along with Judge Delgado:
“In our country no one is above the law, even a golfing icon who admirably broke the racial barriers in the golfing world, Tiger Woods, who not coincidentally is a Florida citizen. This new case is regrettably a testament to the compromised state of our legal system, where fraudulent representations by defendants and their lawyers who are powerful in size, financially and have political and other connections, can influence if not coerce a judge to accept their false statements to avoid a detrimental backlash which could affect his standing and judicial career.
I had to think hard before filing on principle this very strong case, at the expense of offending the otherwise likeable Judge Delgado, who sadly acquiesced to the alleged fraud on his court thereby shirking his ethical and legal responsibilities. Rather I intend to put paramount adherence to the rule law, as I want to “Make Professional Golf Great Again,” for golf fans and consumers such as me, who, like our 45th and now 47th president, love the game and want to see real competition flourish for the benefit of all.”
