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Court upholds $12M judgment vs. Bengals’ Jones

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The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld a jury verdict of more than $12 million against Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Adam Jones stemming from a strip club brawl that led to the shootings of two security guards in 2007.

In 2012, a jury awarded $11 million to paralyzed security officer Thomas Urbanski and his wife and $1.3 million to fellow security guard Aaron Cudworth.

Both were shot at the end of a fracas at a Las Vegas club during NBA All-Star Weekend in February 2007.

A jury found that Jones incited the riot when he threw hundreds of dollar bills on the strippers as they danced, “making it rain.” Two women began fighting over the money, and the melee broke out.

Jones and his entourage were forced to leave the club, and Urbanski and Cudworth were shot soon after by Arvin Edwards. Edwards later pleaded guilty via an Alford plea to attempted murder.

Jones received probation for his role in the incident, but he was sued by the victims.

The court rejected his appeal, saying Jones “failed to object to the alleged inconsistent jury verdicts prior to the jury’s dismissal.”

Urbanski also had sued the NFL, but the district court dismissed the claim and the Supreme Court upheld the dismissal.

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