CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM

January 29, 2023  /  Peter Brav

Many of you are aware that James L. Dolan, CEO of both Madison Square Garden Sports Corp. and Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp., has gone to great lengths to ban from MSG facilities and events any lawyers and law firms and their employees currently in litigation with the company. Lawyers Are Back in MSG MSG Boss Erupts as His Ban of Lawyers Draws Scrutiny We were able to obtain this confidential list of some new names being added to the ban.

CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM

Memo To: Madison Square Garden Sports/Entertainment Staff
From: JD
Date: January 29, 2023
Re: Continuing Attorney Ban (Loser Lawyer Lockout)

This memorandum is circulated for the purpose of adding the following attorneys to our Loser Lawyer Lockout, the biometric program of vision recognition for screening of customers at all Company facilities and events, including but not limited to, MSG, Radio City Music Hall, Beacon Theatre, Hulu Theater, Knicks and Rangers games, comedy shows, concerts. These lawyers are currently involved in active litigation against the Company and may not be admitted.

  1. Harvey Schpilkis, Esq.: Represents Lou Massone Jr. who has brought wrongful death action on behalf of the Estate of Lou Massone Sr. Claim made that the elder Massone, a Knicks season ticket holder from 1958 to 1993, suffered a fatal heart attack on June 2, 1993 in his second row seat at Game 5 of the Eastern Division Finals after four layup attempts at go-ahead basket by Charles Smith were denied by Horace Grant, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in final seconds. Case is still pending as judge weighs whether fifth shot attempt may still be possible.

  2. Debra Baker, Esq.: Represents Boyd Robinson III who claims that listening to the song Under Pressure at all 87 of Billy Joel’s monthly residency concerts at The Garden has been the proximate cause of his schizophrenia.

  3. Stanley Blackmon, Esq.: Represents Harvey Weinstein in connection with claim that my band JD & The Straight Shot’s song I Should Have Known (“and what of the others, in some way all my brothers, sitting on the very top, could not hear the call to stop, behind locked doors the eyes of men who take what don't belong to them”) misrepresents that we were friends.

  4. Loni Zaidi, Esq.: Has filed Celebrity Discrimination Lawsuit on behalf of Carmen Electra, as well as all Real Housewives of Various Locales, not invited to sit in the six seats of Knicks Celebrity Row during a time when Entourage’s Jerry Turtle Ferrara and rapper Flavor Flav received multiple invitations.

  5. Lana Fellows, Esq.: Represents plaintiff Knicks 1st and 2nd round draft picks Tom Riker (1972), Gene Short (1975), DeWayne Scales (1980), Greg Butler (1988), Jerrod Mustaf (1990), Charlie Ward (1994), Fredric Weis (1999), Mike Sweetney, Maciej Lampe and Slavko Vranes (2003), Renaldo Balkman (2006), Jordan Hill (2009), Andy Rautins (2010), Kostas Papanikolaou (2012), and Cleanthony Early (2014) claiming that Knicks drafting them many rounds higher than was rational resulted in undue pressure and career oblivion.

  6. Tyler Richmond, Esq.: Has filed class action suit on behalf of season ticket holders between 1999 and 2003 in connection with trade of John Wallace for Chris Dudley, subsequently signed to 4-year $28 million contract. Claim that contract signing (which worked out to be $825,000 per made free throw by Dudley, recognized as one of the worst percentage foul shooters in NBA history) constituted breach of contract to provide entertainment and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

  7. Beverly Newsome, Esq.: Represents claimant in personal injury suit against Company’s Radio City Music Hall and Rockettes claiming that one of the dancers inadvertently kicked off her prosthetic right leg injuring two young children attending 2017 Holiday Concert.

  8. Eldridge C. Eldridge, Esq.: Represents me in suit against myself in connection with my song Fix the Knicks (“fix the Knicks and make them shine, get 'em to win like it's '69, hitting all their free throws and no more shooting bricks, time to get it right and fix the Knicks, doing my best and that's my problem, I check with my friend called Isiah Thomas, pay no mind to those nasty critics, they haven't done a thing to fix the Knicks”). Estate of Aretha Franklin is additional plaintiff as my band was her opening act in 2011 at the Jones Beach Theater. Claim is for irreparable career damage and pain and suffering.

  9. Peter Brav, Esq.: A non-practicing attorney who allegedly wrote this and has recently attempted to circumvent the Loser Lawyer Lockout and enter The World’s Most Famous Arena utilizing the same brown paper bag he wore for the Knicks franchise-record 14th consecutive loss on January 8, 2015 during the franchise-record 17-win and 65-loss season.