(Palm Beach, Florida, December 11, 2023). Despite three attempts to skate from being deposed over their alleged complicity in anticompetitive conduct to harm LIV Golf on behalf of the PGA Tour in a class action lawsuit filed by lead plaintiff Larry Klayman in a case styled Klayman v. PGA Tour, et. al 50-2022-CA-006587 (15th Jud. Cir., Palm Beach, Fl.), Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Davis Love III have all been ordered yet again to appear and produce documents, according to freedomwatchusa.org.
Previously, the lawyers for these three material witnesses to the harm inflicted upon LIV Golf and its players, and thus golf fans and consumers – they were and remain at the epicenter of the PGA Tour’s alleged antitrust violations – argued before lower and appellate courts that they are too important to be deposed. Hypocritically however, their New York City lawyer, Mike Ferrara of Kaplan, Hecker & Fink LLP., who is practicing out of state in Florida, is the same one who brought a case for alleged rape against Donald Trump, and deposed the former president and then released it publically.
In the course of this class action, as with Trump, he and Florida local counsel David Markus, who not coincidentally represented Hillary Clinton in a RICO case brought by President Trump, have also attempted to smear Larry Klayman and cast negative aspersions on the presiding judge, such are their tactics. But the courts would have none of this and Woods, Mcllroy and Love III must now testify and produce documents.
In the last days, when Mr. Klayman noticed up their depositions, McIlroy in particular, apparently fearful of having to tell the truth about his direct and substantial involvement, has unbelievably claimed that he is not available for two and half more months, or until February 28, 2024 having already through his lawyers delayed his deposition for over a year.
Larry Klayman had this to say about the conduct of McIlroy, his lawyers and Tiger Woods who previously even attempted to evade service of process, as sworn under oath by the process server, Katelyn Miller, at Shark Process, LLC.
“The games of Woods, McIlroy and Love III are up. Now they will be required to obey the same rules of litigation as ordinary Americans. They tried to run but they can no longer hide from having to testify, giving evidence about and account for their alleged anticompetitive acts, which are continuing to the detriment of golf fans and consumers in this public interest class action case.”
