Clonie Gowen Brings $40M Lawsuit Against Full Tilt Poker.
November 17, 2008
Clonie Gowen has brought new meaning to the term “hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn” to a whole new level with her recent legal filing against Full Tilt Poker over a disputed breach of contract.
The lawsuit states that she is suing the entire company - including the software provider for FTP in Tiltware LLC, along with a bevy of Team Full Tilt pros - for $40,000,000! The large figure is supposed to be a 1% ownership stake in the company that was supposedly promised to her in a 2004 phone conversation with Tilt executives. The “oral contract” was never actually put to paper, and despite all of that she still went on and promoted the company relentlessly for several years until it finally came for Howard Lederer to distribute out paydays for all the “red pros” that had made the company such a huge poker franchise worldwide.
This is where things kind of get a little hairy. Lederer supposedly offered Clonie a $250,000 check, which for what ever reason she declined…yea, that’s right - DECLINED. Yet for some odd reason that is beyond this writer’s comprehension she STILL continued to promote the company for ZERO compensation! I can only assume she felt the figure was significantly under what the company was supposedly worth, which judging from the current suit, was somewhere in the billions range - and then I guess was just hoping Lederer would cut her a higher check down the road (*rolls eyes*)?
In either case, the suit was brought upon just days after she was released by Full Tilt Poker. It has been the opinion of most legal enthusiasts in the poker world that this lawsuit should and most likely will be settled out of court. The fact the legal battle has now been brought onto American soil could really put more unwanted attention on Full Tilt Poker then they quite possibly want right now - especially with UIGEA regulations being pushed forward just last week by top White House aides and lobbyists.
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