Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
#1Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 3:39pm
I did a search and was surprised no one has mentioned this yet.
It's scary cause my 2nd cousin's mother might be in the same dilemma if her daughter gets divorced. She put $200,000 in to buy a house and her name isn't on the mortgage and her daughter's husband basically said she wont get anything if they sold it.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/RIALTO_CHATTER_Tony_Winner_Vereen_Hit_With_10_Million_Dollar_Lawsuit_20010101
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#2re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 3:57pm
In an article linked on ATC, it says that William McGlynn is a "former" UPS worker, so in other words, he's basically quit his job as a UPS guy because he knew that from suing Ben, he wouldn't have to wear those little brown shorts anymore.
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2009/01/19/ben_vereen_sued_for_10_million_
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Updated On: 1/19/09 at 03:57 PM
Phyllis Rogers Stone
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#2re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 4:00pm
Well, UPS must have been paying well for him to plunk down all that money in the first place.
#4re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 4:02pmThis is bizarre...
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#5re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 4:05pmWell, of course we're going to come down on Ben Vereen's side here. It's not like he's Jeremy Piven, for god's sake!
#9re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 4:23pmSorry, it just seems that wanting $10,000,000 for less that $450,000 lost is a little much. And I know the lawyer's percentage is factored in, but it still seems more then it would be if it weren't someone famous, but an everyday person.
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
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#10re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 4:27pm
No. Actually. That seems about right.
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#11re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 4:30pmIf there were ever a Theatre junkie version of Mean Girls the last few posts would totally be scene 4.
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#12re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 7:10pmIf the bitch fight is over, can anyone explain this item to me? He was engaged to Vereen's daughter, put over $200K into the relationship, ended it, and now is suing Ben for $10M because....well, that's where I get lost.
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#13re: Tony Winner Vereen Hit With 10 Million Dollar Lawsuit
Posted: 1/19/09 at 9:55pmHmm... I understand wanting the down payment money back. He should get some cut of the money made from selling the house, if he really did help buy it. But, how can he sue for money that he spent on someone??? It was his choice to buy the ring and spend money on her and her son. And if he wants the money back that he spent on her, then why doesn't he sue her? This just doesn't make sense.... $10 million?!?!
