Dude Who Fell Asleep During Yankees Game Suing for 10 Million

Weljadraak · July 2014

A disgruntled Yankees fan who was caught sleeping through a recent game against the Boston Red Sox is suing after two announcers poked fun at his slumber on camera.

The New York Post reports Andrew Robert Rector filed a $10 million lawsuitagainst Major League Baseball, ESPN, and announcers Dan Shulman and John Kruk for allegedly directing a mean-spirited “avalanche of disparaging words” after he fell asleep in the stands during the game April 13.

Rector's oddly worded filing accuses the announcers of painting an inaccurate portrait of him, specifically one of a "fatty cow that need two seats at all time and represent symbol of failure," as he writes in his lawsuit.

The lawsuit also says the comments presented Rector as a "confused individual that neither understands nor knows anything about history and the meaning of rivalry between Red Sox and New York Yankee" and a "socially bankrupt individual."

Rector claims he was subsequently defamed and is now suffering from emotional distress.

Source: Huffington Post

deedee1017 · July 2014

Give me a fucking break! He was SO embarrassed that he filed a law suit so those who did not watch the game now think all of those things plus that he's a dumb ass!

sleepy33 · July 2014

1. Proof that you can sue anyone for anything, if you have time to kill and money to burn.
B. He is either pro se, or English is not his attorney's native language.

PinkDahLia44 · July 2014

I heard about this on the radio this morning. It got an eye roll from me too, but his complaint says that they called him a "fatty" multiple times and an idiot? That seems unnecessary, and I can see why he's pissed if that's the case...