February 12, 2003

SUB-PAR SUB-POENA: According to ESPN.com,

SUB-PAR SUB-POENA: According to ESPN.com, attorneys for the estranged wife of superstar NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon were turned away yesterday after attempting to serve Gordon with a subpoena at Daytona International Speedway, where the driver is preparing for this weekend's Daytona 500.
As reported in last week's Sports Illustrated (not online), millions of NASCAR fans despise Gordon for his decidedly non-redneck, California city-slicker image, alternately taunting him about the divorce and accusing him of being gay. Perhaps Brooke Gordon's lawyers thought they'd be cheered on by the NASCAR throngs as they served Jeff Gordon with the summons at the track. And if that didn't work, maybe they could've had another driver in another car pass Gordon the papers, at 150mph, during the race. 'Cause that would rule.
This exemplifies a new trend of vengeful ex-paramours of athletes attempting to embarrass the stars "at the office," by crashing their actual competitions. There was an incident during the 2001 baseball season in which David Justice, then with the Yankees, was served with a paternity suit from a woman whose lawyer ran out onto the field with the papers during a game in Anaheim. The humiliation of that moment, on top of lingering remorse over his decision to dump Halle Berry a decade ago, apparently got to be so much for Justice that he retired last week.

Posted by Stephen Silver at February 12, 2003 05:59 AM
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