"I’m sure this is something he will speak to the rookies about," Rasmussen said. Later this month Jones will address rookie NFL players about his off-the-field problems and the consequences. The black female juror was the only one who disagreed with the verdict. Of the eight jurors, seven were white, and one was black. The jury gave no punitive damages to Urbanski.Ī member of the jury declined to speak to a reporter following the verdict. Cudworth was awarded $300,000 in punitive damages. Lawyers for the Urbanskis and Cudworth were seeking about $30 million for the couple and $3 million for Cudworth in punitive damages. She said there was never any direct evidence presented that Jones ordered the shooter to fire on anyone, just "circumstantial speculation" and "sympathetic plaintiffs, who everyone feels very badly for." Rasmussen said the case will be appealed. She said he has had on one multimillion-dollar contract, and that ended after the 2007 incident. Last year he had a $500,000 contract but only played in eight of 16 games and was paid $250,000 before taxes, Rasmussen said. Jones has a $950,000, one-year contract to play cornerback for the Bengals this year. Rasmussen said that the high compensatory award the jury gave the plaintiffs "annihilated" Jones financially. "It’s the kind of judgment he likely won’t ever be able to satisfy," she said. Jones testified during the trial but was not in attendance for the verdict. Jones’ lawyer Lisa Rasmussen said afterward that the 28-year-old Cincinnati Bengals defensive back was very disappointed in the verdict. It’s been a long time," Cudworth said afterward.Ĭudworth’s attorney Richard Schonfeld said he was pleased that "Adam Jones is finally being held accountable." "Maybe now he can afford to get some of the (equipment) that he needs to make (his life) better."Īaron Cudworth, another bouncer at the strip club who was also shot, was awarded about $1.5 million in compensatory and punitive damages. "He finally has justice after 5½ years," Urbanski’s lawyer Matthew Dushoff said. Tommy Urbanski, who uses a motorized wheelchair to get around, declined to comment after the verdict. Urbanski, who was on his way to work as a bouncer at the Minxx strip club, was paralyzed from the waist down in the shooting. Tommy Urbanski and his wife, Kathleen, wept and held each other as the verdict was read and the couple were awarded about $10 million in compensatory damages. NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones owes more than $11 million for his role in the February 2007 Las Vegas strip club shooting that left two men wounded, one of whom was paralyzed, a Clark County jury ruled Friday.
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