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Troubles continue for ex-NFL starEx-Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is being sued for $2.5 million after a Canadian bank says he defaulted on a loan. The federal claim alleges that Vick failed to promptly give a semi-annual financial statement and disclosure of his assets. News of the suit comes in the same week that a judge ordered Vick confined to his home between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. after Vick tested positive for marijuana. Also in the same week, a Virginia grand jury indicted Vick on dog-fighting charges. Vick already awaits a Dec. 10 sentencing on separate federal dog-fighting offenses in the same incidents: The disgraced NFL star acknowledged funding a Virginia operation known as “Bad Newz Kennels” and helping to kill dogs that didn’t perform well in the contests. Is he getting what he deserved, or should he have been allowed to keep on playing?
Quarterback won’t play Saturday, after incident.Ohio State quarterback Antonio Henton has pleaded not guilty to offering a female police officer $20 for sex. Columbus, Ohio cops arrested the 20-year-old this week in an area south of campus. Ohio coach Jim Tressel says Henton won’t travel with the team to face Minnesota tomorrow.
LOS ANGELES – A lawsuit filed by a man who bet on Sweet Catomine in the Santa Anita Derby alleges the track, the filly's owner and trainer and others committed fraud by not disclosing the horse's health problems before the race.
Sweet Catomine entered the race April 9 as an even-money favorite but finished fifth.

AdvertisementIn the suit filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Arthur Mota seeks unspecified damages. The suit follows several allegations brought by the California Horse Racing Board against Catomine's handlers. The suit also seeks to represent others who wagered on the horse and could turn into a class-action. Sweet Catomine brought a five-race winning streak into the Santa Anita Derby, a major prep for next month's Kentucky Derby. But after the disappointing outcome, questions arose concerning her condition.
Owner Martin Wygod said he almost scratched Sweet Catomine from the $750,000 race for 3-year-olds, but was reluctant because Santa Anita had focused the race's publicity campaign around the filly who was competing against males.
Julio Canani, fired last week as Sweet Catomine's trainer, was accused Saturday by the CHRB of committing conduct detrimental to racing and violating the trainer-insurer rule, which makes a trainer accountable for his horse.
Canani was the latest to be cited by the CHRB after investigators determined that Sweet Catomine, who bled during a final workout before the race, was falsely identified as a "pony" to a stable gate guard when she left Santa Anita five days earlier for special medical treatment.
The board previously filed complaints against Wygod and Dean Kerkhoff, a racehorse transport driver. A hearing for Wygod and Kerkhoff is scheduled for Saturday at Hollywood Park. Canani's hearing is set for May 1.
Canani, Wygod and his wife, and Kerkhoff were cited in the lawsuit. A phone message was left for Wygod's attorney.
"Wygod, his trainer and Santa Anita, we allege, knew that Sweet Catomine had a number of problems, including bleeding, ovulating, and a problem with her hoof," Mota's attorney, Stephen Bernard, said Tuesday. "All of this information was not communicated to the betting public. Of course, had this information been disseminated before the race, nobody would have bet on her and she wouldn't have been the race favorite."
Frank DeMarco, the general counsel for Los Angeles Turf Club Inc., which owns Santa Anita said he had not yet seen the lawsuit.
"When we see what we're talking about, we'll react at that time," he said.
Sports: Iverson Slapped With Lawsuit; Venus Williams wins in Japan Open. Posted October 5, 2007 O.J. says the watch he’s been ordered to turn over is a fakeThe watch a California judge has ordered retired football legend O.J. Simpson to turn over to the family of murder victim Ron Goldman is a fake, Simpson says: The Rolex, thought to be valued at $2,200, is only worth $125. The Goldmans have persisted in pursuing the multi-million-dollar civil judgment they received against Simpson, who was found liable for Ron Goldman’s murder and for that of Simpson’s ex-wife. Even if the watch is a phony, the family will likely auction it and receive a much greater value from memorabilia collectors, or possibly Simpson fans. Ironically, Simpson awaits a court appearance later this month, having been charged with armed robbery and several other felonies since his effort to reclaim other valuable memorabilia from two Las Vegas collectors last month with a group of men Simpson took to a hotel room. One of the men was allegedly armed.
Denver tailback is accused of drug violationDenver Broncos tailback Travis Henry faces a possible one-year suspension from the NFL for an alleged repeat drug policy violation. Details about the alleged drug have not been revealed, but Henry fighting a test that would confirm the positive result in court, officials say. The NFL hopes to have his motion dismissed. In 2005, Henry was suspended four games because of a repeat drug policy violation. He led the NFL in rushing for the first four weeks of the current season.
Iverson Slapped With LawsuitHe’s usually in trouble for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But now, Allen Iverson is being sued for just the opposite. A promoter for a series of events, where Iverson was supposed to appear, says the baller failed to show up and left fans at a youth rally and a pair of clubs high and dry. The promoter is suing Iverson for $44,000 in damages. Should Iverson be made to pay?
Venus Williams wins in Japan OpenVenus Williams has advanced in the Japan Open. Williams defeated Alicia Molik on Thursday. The tennis star recently added Korean Open to her title resume.