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Wednesday, February 26, 1997
Spurs guard Maxwell socked with $592,000 judgment
HOUSTON (AP) - San Antonio Spurs guard Vernon Maxwell, who
failed to show up in court after a woman sued him claiming he
gave her herpes, has been ordered to pay $592,000 in damages.
State District Judge John Donovan granted a default judgment
on Monday to Sheila Rias.
Tom James, a spokesman for the Spurs, said Tuesday he would
try to track down Maxwell for comment. A home number for a Vernon
Maxwell in San Antonio had been disconnected.
Maxwell, who played for the Houston Rockets until June 1995,
was served notice of the lawsuit twice late last year at the Alamodome
in San Antonio.
The woman's attorney, Philip E. Bryant, presented proof of
the notice and evidence that she contracted the disease from Maxwell
in July 1995.
Bryant said Maxwell, 31, was aware of the high risk of transmitting
herpes but still failed to take reasonable precautions or inform
Ms. Rias of his condition.
The judgment included $200,000 in punitive damages for gross
negligence. The rest was awarded as actual damages to cover medical
expenses, physical pain and mental anguish.
Maxwell, nicknamed "Mad Max," had several run-ins
with the law as a Houston player.
In 1995, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of marijuana
possession and was named in a paternity suit. He was suspended
without pay for 10 games by the NBA and fined $20,000 for charging
into the stands at Portland and slugging a fan. Send
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