[Billup]

All you pistol wielding, bullet happy gun hippies need to reconsider your arsenal.

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/i..._pimp_for.html

Originally Posted by oregonlive.com

A 26-year-old Portland pimp has filed a $100 million lawsuit against Nike, claiming the shoe manufacturer is partially responsible for a brutal beating that helped net him a 100-year prison sentence.

Sirgiorgiro Clardy claims Nike should have placed a label in his Jordan shoes warning consumers that they could be used as a dangerous weapon. He was wearing a pair when he repeatedly stomped the face of a john who was trying to leave a Portland hotel without paying Clardy's prostitute in June 2012.

Jurors early in 2013 found him guilty of second-degree assault for using his Jordans -- a dangerous weapon -- to beat the john's face to a pulp. The man required stitches and plastic surgery on his nose.

The jury also found him guilty of robbing the john and beating the 18-year-old woman he forced to work as his prostitute. She was injured so badly that she bled from her ears.

In his three-page complaint handwritten from the Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution in Pendleton, Clardy claims that Nike, Chairman Phil Knight and other executives failed to warn consumers that the shoes could be used as a weapon to cause serious injury or death.

"Under product liability there is a certain standard of care that is required to be up-held by potentially dangerous product ..." wrote Clardy, who is representing himself. "Do (sic) to the fact that these defendants named in this Tort claim failed to warn of risk or to provide an adequate warning or instruction it has caused personal injury in the likes of mental suffering."

Clardy wrote that he's tried to starve himself and kill himself multiple times.

He asks a Multnomah County judge to order Nike to affix warning labels to all their "potentially dangerous Nike and Jordan merchandise."

In the past, Oregon defendants have been convicted of using a wide array of items or substances as dangerous weapons. The list includes boots, rope, a phone receiver, scalding hot water and HIV-infected blood. The "dangerous weapon" classification can spur longer prison sentences.

Clardy filed his suit this week in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

During his two-week trial and his two-day sentencing hearing, Clardy was known for his unusual courtroom antics. He shouted expletives at the judge, prosecutors and jurors.

A psychologist declared him an anti-social psychopath who was 100 percent likely to commit violent crimes again. And Clardy disagreed so loudly -- making such a scene -- that he was removed from the courtroom.

In the coming days, the suit will be served to Nike, which will then have an opportunity to respond.

[MidwestGolfBum]

I only hope that a judge goes to visit him, laughs at him, then tells him to have fun in prison while telling him he doesn't have case.

[Nate4641]

I'm always dumbfounded when I see the stupid shit people try to file lawsuits over. What would this dumbass have done if the label was there, take his shoes off and stomp the guy out barefoot?

[Billup]

The mentality of people behind bars is so far above and beyond a conscious state, I wouldn't be afraid to assume inmates come up with ideas like this all the time after they are sentenced.

I guess if you can't beat the system, you might as well try your luck to mess with it a little bit as you start your 100 year sentencing.

[Whostheboss]

He will probably get a case and win.

[Fifty3bags]

I personally think it's dumb he would sue Nike over this. But if the judge classified the shoes as a 'dangerous weapon' then I could see how he may possibly have a case, even though the shoes aren't what assaulted and injured the man.

[dtwyim]

IMO, only Nike with heels are dangerous....

[ddk632]

Originally Posted by Whostheboss

He will probably get a case and win.

Then, he will be able to install solid gold diamond encrusted bars in his jail cell!

Woot!

[MisterSkiMask]

The shoes were black and scary, therefore they are dangerous and should be banned. A good first step would be registration of all of these shoes

[Maestro]

Image the CEO of Nike getting served with this Lawsuit, and you wonder what people with money think the rest of of the world is nuts.

[bolinp78]

Originally Posted by MisterSkiMask

The shoes were black and scary, therefore they are dangerous and should be banned. A good first step would be registration of all of these shoes

What about requiring the illegal labor to affix softer rubber to the soles so that they are less likely to cause harm?

[kingofthedemo]

This is exactly why only the police, and military should be allowed to own shoes! How many more innocent kids are going to have to get there heads stomped on, before we change the laws! Wake up people!

[DC_Oldboy]

Wow I LOL'd...

[manutdas11]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Vic311]

He writes pretty well for a pimp.

[kevinbahnz]

He looks like a character right out from GTA.

[dreamingat30fps]

I got dibs on belts!!!!!!

[MidwestGolfBum]

Originally Posted by kingofthedemo

This is exactly why only the police, and military should be allowed to own shoes! How many more innocent kids are going to have to get there heads stomped on, before we change the laws! Wake up people!

Originally Posted by MisterSkiMask

The shoes were black and scary, therefore they are dangerous and should be banned. A good first step would be registration of all of these shoes

This is why this forum is great. I agree with you guys though, there really should be some kind of registration/ban on these shoes.

[sjk9671]

I think he's doing this as a win / win scenario.

If the court sides with him, he gets 100Mil, If they side with Nike and say that the shoes are NOT a deadly weapon, his charge for assault with a deadly weapon could get thrown out.

[ddk632]

^^

Just goes to show, not anyone can become a professional broker of the sexual acts trade with only prior experience in beating people to a pulp. You have to have at least 42 brain cells, as well.

[Maestro]

Originally Posted by sjk9671

I think he's doing this as a win / win scenario.

If the court sides with him, he gets 100Mil, If they side with Nike and say that the shoes are NOT a deadly weapon, his charge for assault with a deadly weapon could get thrown out.

Yuu are probably more right than wrong, I have to give his lawyers credit for coming up with this tactic to win the case.

[synclastica_86]

Even if he gets 100 mil, how would he ever spend it? Even if his behavior inside is impeccable, he'd still have to serve 2/3 of his sentence. That's 66 years minimum. I doubt that he's below 20. What's the point of 100 mil when u r 86?