Another black eye to the James' Gang?

• Fab4Runner

  

  thedynasty1998;425362 wrote:BTW, who was held captive? By the time the cops showed up, the lady was gone. She didn't call the cops and didn't press charges....

  
  Okay let me rephrase.
  
  It is beyond my comprehension that anyone would defend luring someone to their house to get back a necklace. There are court systems for a reason. If something is stolen report it stolen. If you find who stole it turn them in.
• thedynasty1998

  

  Fab4Runner;425364 wrote:Okay let me rephrase.
  
  It is beyond my comprehension that anyone would defend luring someone to their house to get back a necklace. There are court systems for a reason. If something is stolen report it stolen. If you find who stole it turn them in.

  
  In your defense, that is probably more of a female perspective. There are no reports of the woman being held captive, beaten or threatened. Like I said before, if someone stole $10,000 from me, they would be dealt with by me first and the courts second.
• Fab4Runner

  

  thedynasty1998;425368 wrote:In your defense, that is probably more of a female perspective. There are no reports of the woman being held captive, beaten or threatened. Like I said before, if someone stole $10,000 from me, they would be dealt with by me first and the courts second.

  
  And you are not a quasi celebrity with unlimited funds and resources. These people are in the public eye and stories like these are going to make them look bad. Whether or not Carter had anything to do with it doesn't matter. It was his necklace. It should have been reported stolen and been dealt with in the correct manner.
  
  If you kick the shit out of some guy that stole something from you no one will care. If this had been a guy and he had been injured by anyone imagine how quickly the people involved would be sued. Maverick Carter is tied to LeBron and therefor his money. Anyone would jump at the chance to sue. You are not looking at the big picture here. This was handled incorrectly and makes everyone look bad.
• dtdtim

  Although LeBron really has nothing to do with this, him and his entourage need more bad press like a fat guy needs to eat more butter right now.
  

  thedynasty1998;425368 wrote:if someone stole $10,000 from me, they would be dealt with by me first and the courts second.

  Sounds scary.
• thedynasty1998

  

  Fab4Runner;425376 wrote:And you are not a quasi celebrity with unlimited funds and resources. These people are in the public eye and stories like these are going to make them look bad. Whether or not Carter had anything to do with it doesn't matter. It was his necklace. It should have been reported stolen and been dealt with in the correct manner.
  
  If you kick the shit out of some guy that stole something from you no one will care. If this had been a guy and he had been injured by anyone imagine how quickly the people involved would be sued. Maverick Carter is tied to LeBron and therefor his money. Anyone would jump at the chance to sue. You are not looking at the big picture here. This was handled incorrectly and makes everyone look bad.

  
  Was it handled the best possible way? Probably not.
  
  But fact remains, Carter's boys didn't commit any crimes and the girl in possession of the necklace is currently being investigated.
• Fab4Runner

  

  thedynasty1998;425386 wrote:Was it handled the best possible way? Probably not.
  
  But fact remains, Carter's boys didn't commit any crimes and the girl in possession of the necklace is currently being investigated.

  
  Probably not? SMH. Excusing bad behavior because of other bad behavior...makes sense.
• FatHobbit

  

  If we don't believe that she could have possibly bought this at a yard sale, then I'm wondering when she had the opportunity to steal it. If she did steal it, she's dumb as a box of rocks for putting it on ebay and even dumber for going to their house with it. I also can't imagine who would steal it and then sell it in a yard sale for $5. There's definitely something fishy going on, and I really have no idea who to believe.
  
  I also agree with others that this has nothing to do with Lebron. He's still a douche, but not because of this.
• Ender Wiggin

  

  Dynasty.....really?
• LJ

  

  thedynasty1998;425368 wrote:In your defense, that is probably more of a female perspective. There are no reports of the woman being held captive, beaten or threatened. Like I said before, if someone stole $10,000 from me, they would be dealt with by me first and the courts second.

  
  First name Billy
  
  Last name..... Badass!!!!
• Sykotyk

  

  First off, if it was stolen, and there's no police report for it, then that's fishy. If it claimed to be purchased at a yard sale four years ago, all Carter would have to do (to prove it was stolen recently) is prove it was in his possession any time in the last four years.
  
  Secondly, weird expensive crap winds up in rummage/yard/garage sales and flea markets all the time. Why? Because to the person selling it they don't consider it valuable and hope that someone else will find it valuable (ergo, they'll buy it).
  
  Expensive paintings, coins, furniture, photographs, documents, etc are sold all the time.
  
  Hell, an original copy of the constitution of the UNITED STATES was sold for $4 at a flea market.
  
  http://www.snopes.com/luck/declare.asp
  
  So, yes, I find it quite believable. And a favorite thought on it is: You don't know what you've got until it's gone.
  
  Sykotyk
• hoops23

  

  Bingo^
  
  And Dynasty, doesn't this sound like she was held against her will AND threatened?
  

  "When I got there, LeBron James was not there. It was about eight or nine other people there," Robinson said. "They pretty much accused me, they threatened me and they used their authority to they (sic) best ability to get the pendant in their possession."
  
  Robinson said she and her mother drove to Carter's house in the 500 block of Caledonia Drive in her mother's pickup truck.
  
  "They blocked her truck in the driveway. They told us that we weren't going anywhere until they got that pendant. I was scared for my life," she said.

• justincredible

  

  Sykotyk;425685 wrote:First off, if it was stolen, and there's no police report for it, then that's fishy. If it claimed to be purchased at a yard sale four years ago, all Carter would have to do (to prove it was stolen recently) is prove it was in his possession any time in the last four years.
  
  Secondly, weird expensive crap winds up in rummage/yard/garage sales and flea markets all the time. Why? Because to the person selling it they don't consider it valuable and hope that someone else will find it valuable (ergo, they'll buy it).
  
  Expensive paintings, coins, furniture, photographs, documents, etc are sold all the time.
  
  Hell, an original copy of the constitution of the UNITED STATES was sold for $4 at a flea market.
  
  http://www.snopes.com/luck/declare.asp
  
  So, yes, I find it quite believable. And a favorite thought on it is: You don't know what you've got until it's gone.
  
  Sykotyk

  
  Good post.
• mucalum49

  

  The whole thing sounds shady but one of the funnier things being ignored is that Maverick Carter, high powered CEO of LRMR and the right hand man to LBJ, still lives at home with his Mom.
• dazedconfused

  

  does lrmr go out of their way to make sure they handle every situation they come across as poorly as they can?
• wes_mantooth

  

  dazedconfused;425737 wrote:does lrmr go out of their way to make sure they handle every situation they come across as poorly as they can?

  
  I would say they are pretty damn good at fucking things up....not surprising to anyone that followed Lebron, Mav and the rest of the ASVSM circus in high school.
• sportchampps

  Sounds alot like what OJ Simpson finally went to jail for
• gibby08

  

  And this makes Lebron look bad how??
• I Wear Pants

  Because he surrounds himself with bad people.
  
  You look as good/bad as the company you keep.
• paul_banks

  What's Carter's credentials? I've never heard anything about his business and/or management background? Seems like he is in over his head.