This story just keeps getting better and better. The lies from Mayfield just keep coming over and over. He was on a NASCAR program about 2 months ago and he and his wife talked about their dream home and how this law suit is going to cost them their home. Next we will hear that he is filing bankruptcy.
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--- On Fri, 11/27/09, A. Jones <ajones@intrtek.
From: A. Jones <ajones@intrtek.
Subject: [NASCAR-Group] Some Mayfield news...
To: nascar-group@
Date: Friday, November 27, 2009, 3:45 PM
...to chew on this day after Thanksgiving.
Mayfield sued by his own attorney...
Attorney says Mayfield owes $372,000
By David Newton, ESPN.com
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Attorney Bill Diehl filed a lawsuit Wednesday
against suspended Sprint Cup driver Jeremy Mayfield for unpaid legal
fees.
According to the lawsuit, filed in Mecklenburg County, N.C., Mayfield
owes Diehl's Charlotte-based law firm at least $371,973.66, plus
attorney fees, interest and late charges.
Mayfield hired Diehl in May shortly after being indefinitely suspended
by NASCAR for violating the organization' s substance abuse policy. It
was revealed in court that Mayfield tested positive for the illegal
drug methamphetamines.
Mayfield left Diehl in October and hired attorney Mark Geragos. The
suit claims that Diehl's repeated attempts to collect payment from
Mayfield were ignored. Diehl, who makes $1,000 an hour, told ESPN.com
last month at Talladega Superspeedway that he hadn't been paid.
Mayfield recently put all of his belongings up for auction in Catawba
County, N.C. Among the items for sale were 475 acres of land, a home
under renovation, jewlery, guns and cars from Mayfield's personal
collection.
Mayfield told a North Carolina television station he was holding the
auction for fun, not because he needed the money.
Meanwhile, Mayfield's new attorney filed a motion in U.S. District
Court that claims NASCAR chairman Brian France misrepresented his
primary residence to have Mayfield's lawsuit moved to federal court.
The second filing, by Geragos' legal team, is in response to NASCAR's
attempt to temporarily halt the discovery process. In it, Mayfield
claims NASCAR should not have succeeding in moving the original
lawsuit from North Carolina state courts to federal court.
The change of venue came after France admitted he owns a home in North
Carolina, but that Florida is his primary residence.
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NASCAR wants France info kept from Mayfield
Associated Press
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- NASCAR has asked a federal court to stop lawyers
for suspended driver Jeremy Mayfield from collecting information from
the ex-wife of chairman Brian France.
Mayfield's attorneys subpoenaed Megan France last week requesting
documents about a lawsuit filed against her by Brian France. The
attorneys also asked for joint tax returns and mail addressed to Brian
France.
NASCAR filed a motion in U.S. District Court on Monday asking that
Megan France be barred from producing the documents.
The Frances were divorced in April 2008, and Brian France sued his
ex-wife in North Carolina Superior Court in September of that year.
All documents relating to that case were sealed in December.
"They are attempting to improperly bring private, irrelevant
information concerning Mr. France's domestic relations into this
litigation as a means of retaliation, " NASCAR claimed in its filing.
Mayfield was suspended May 9 for failing a random drug test. NASCAR
said the test was positive for methamphetamine, but Mayfield has
denied using the illegal drug.
He's now suing NASCAR over the suspension, which he claims has ruined
his career.
Mayfield in October hired high-profile attorney Mark Geragos to help
him with his suit against NASCAR, and Geragos told the court he wants
to hold a deposition of Megan France on Dec. 4 -- the same day as
NASCAR's awards ceremony in Las Vegas.
NASCAR asked the court to order that Megan France's deposition not be
held before Dec. 14 because the date Geragos selected is "on a day
when neither NASCAR's corporate representatives nor Mr. France can
attend."
Asked last weekend about Geragos' attempt to involve his ex-wife in
the Mayfield case, France answered: "Nothing surprises me with trial
lawyers in the 21st century. They are an amazing group of people."
His comments came the same day Mayfield was auctioning off his
belongings back in North Carolina. Mayfield said the auction was part
hobby, but also a means to pay his mounting legal bills.
Mayfield's former representation claims Mayfield owes the firm a
significant amount of money, but Mayfield said Charlotte-based Bill
Diehl has been paid.
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