NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Portraying Charles Oakley as someone with a history of run-ins with security guards, Knicks owner James Dolan is trying to have the former All-Star’s lawsuit against him tossed out.
According to WFAN legal analyst Amy Dash, Dolan’s attorneys told a federal judge Monday he plans to file a motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Oakley alleges he was a victim of assault, battery, false imprisonment and slander related to his forcible removal from a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden last season.
The Feb. 8 incident between Oakley and Garden security was captured on camera and posted on social media.