05/05: Former Scout Sues Yankees for Wrongful Termination
Posted by: Patrick
From Jorge Arangure Jr. of ESPN The Magazine:
Via Peter Abraham.
The former Dominican scouting director for the New York Yankees says he has filed a $3 million wrongful termination lawsuit against the team with a court hearing scheduled on Friday in the Dominican Republic.
Ramon Valdivia, one of two Dominican Republic-based scouts fired by the Yankees last year during a bonus-skimming investigation by Major League Baseball, is seeking damages against the team after he was alleged to have taken bonus money from 18-year-old Yankees prospect Kelvin De Leon.
Valdivia received a potential boost to his case against the Yankees when on April 22, a Santo Domingo court ruled that De Leon must pay Valdivia $55,000 in damages as a result of what the court found to be De Leon's libelous comments, according to documents obtained by ESPN The Magazine. De Leon had told several media outlets that Valdivia and Carlos Rios, the other former Yankees scout, had received $100,000 of the player's signing bonus. Additionally, the court also ruled De Leon must perform 64 hours of community service.
Ramon Valdivia, one of two Dominican Republic-based scouts fired by the Yankees last year during a bonus-skimming investigation by Major League Baseball, is seeking damages against the team after he was alleged to have taken bonus money from 18-year-old Yankees prospect Kelvin De Leon.
Valdivia received a potential boost to his case against the Yankees when on April 22, a Santo Domingo court ruled that De Leon must pay Valdivia $55,000 in damages as a result of what the court found to be De Leon's libelous comments, according to documents obtained by ESPN The Magazine. De Leon had told several media outlets that Valdivia and Carlos Rios, the other former Yankees scout, had received $100,000 of the player's signing bonus. Additionally, the court also ruled De Leon must perform 64 hours of community service.
Via Peter Abraham.
