DiBella v. Hopkins’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate ·

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1. “Understand, every time I fought (the past couple of years), Lou DiBella got paid, even when he was with HBO, which is f* *king wrong. What I’m saying is that the bottom line is, the Syd Vanderpool fight, should an HBO employee accept $50,000 while he’s still working for HBO? ... So if they want the cat out [of] the bag, then let’s let the f* *king cat out of the bag. Ask HBO why an employee of their company asked me to give him $50,000? And I paid him too. Now, is that ethically right? You think Time Warner [the parent company of HBO] wants to hear about that? What I’m telling you right now is some serious, serious allegations, but these guys here try to make it seem like I’m the bad guy and Lou is probably whispering stuff around too, probably, but he probably isn’t saying anything openly. And that influence can hurt me when I get to HBO, [DiBella] being friends with the people over there ... [I]t was me taking out of my career before I even fought Trinidad, that paid to get on a card. Was the money wired, or the checks sent prior, yeah, that was a way of not being discovered. The bottom line is, where did the $50,000 come from? It wasn’t a gift. I didn’t know him that well to give him $50,000. Way before he started establishing his relationship with me as far as an advisor. So what I’m saying is that every time Lou DiBella did something for Bernard Hopkins or played a role for Bernard Hopkins, even when he was with HBO, he got paid .... ■ ... I can back up every damn thing ”

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