| James Dolan Opposing Oakley
Lawsuit Gets 642000 Attorneys Fees Awarded
Against Him
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Substack
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 31 – Following the
ejection of former Knick
Charles Oakley from Madison
Square Garden by security
guards who had just conferred
by James Dolan, a lawsuit is
still proceeding in the U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New
York.
Back on December
22, 2020 Judge Richard J.
Sullivan held arguments. Inner
City Press live tweeted them here
Jump cut to
November 20, 2024 after remand
from the Second Circuit, a
hearing on the loss of
Oakley's text message, thread
On April 14 Judge
Sullivan ruled
'Mastro may continue to
represent MSG, so long as he
does not participate at the
Mayor’s Office in any matter
involving MSG.'"Full Order on
Patreon
here
On April
25, after a hearing Inner City
Press covered, this:
"Oakley's motion to strike
the six witness
declarations and preclude
MSG from relying on those
witnesses is DENIED, as is
Oakley's request to reopen
discovery and depose these
witnesses. (Signed by
Judge Richard J. Sullivan
Sitting by Designation on
4/25/2025)."
On October
31, 2025 Magistrate
Judge Robyn
F. Tarnofsky ruled
that Oakley must
pay on
"MOTION
for Attorney Fees
and costs. filed
by MSG Networks,
Inc., Sphere
Entertainment
Group, LLC,
Madison Square
Garden Sports
Corp. For the
reasons set forth
above, Defendant's
Fee Motion is
GRANTED IN PART,
in that Plaintiff
is ORDERED to pay
$642,337.65 in
attorneys' fees
and costs to
Defendant,
consisting of
$604,315.15 in
attorneys' fees
and $38,022.50 in
costs, within 21
days of the date
of this order."
More on X for
Subscribers here
and Substack here
The case is
Oakley v. Dolan et al., 17-cv-6903 (Sullivan
/ Tarnofsky)
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