God of NBA point guards

Chapter 461 Call the police and lawsuit

At the scene, after Zhou Quan slapped Hughes Blake, he turned around and walked towards the player tunnel without stopping.

"Follow."

General manager Whithit quickly followed Zhou Quan with the security personnel of the two teams.

"damn it!"

Hughes Blake felt that his face was swollen and burning. Now he felt that he was really embarrassed in front of the whole world.

"Don't go!"

At this time, he saw Iron Fist about to leave and wanted to chase him, but was hugged by Rodman.

"Shh!"

When Zhou Quan left, there were a lot of boos in the United Center Arena, a lot of unpleasant curses, and some debris was thrown down.

"Iron Fist, I was a little impulsive just now." After entering the player tunnel, Whithit sighed.

"He called me a Chinese guy. You know it's a racial slur." Zhou Quan had calmed down and explained.

"That's good."

Whitsitt breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "I will immediately file a complaint with the league and accuse him of racial discrimination against you.

You are the current No. 1 player and the league's brand. This season, the league's ratings have increased by more than [-]%. It is impossible for the officials to allow the referee to use racial discrimination against you, otherwise it will destroy your brand. "

"husband."

At this time Zeng Li chased him from behind.

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

Zhou Quan stopped and took a look. In addition to Zeng Li, Zhou Jun and Zeng Yu, Roger Philippe and the boss Ballmer were all here.

"Sorry, Mr. Ballmer, this time it may affect the defense of the title." He first said to his boss.

Ballmer shrugged and smiled: "Iron Fist, we have won two consecutive championships. You have done well enough."

"Boss, the referee insulted Iron Fist in public and called him a Chinese guy," Whitsitt said.

Ballmer was startled, his face darkened, he thought for a moment and said, "Bob, this is serious, deal with it."

"Okay." Whithit nodded.

"Zhou, you have to be mentally prepared. You are likely to be targeted by the referee in future games." Philip said.

He was also in a bad mood. Although he had previously suggested that Zhou Quan retire temporarily after defending his title, he certainly could not retire because of this matter, as that would greatly harm Zhou Quan's reputation.

Zhou Quan nodded, this is not possible, it is certain, other referees will definitely target him.

Philip added: "Also, Hughes Blake is not a player. His contract does not have a 'risk of participation' clause. If he files a lawsuit against you, it will be very troublesome. Of course, we can also sue him for racial discrimination."

Whitsitt immediately said: "Hughes Blake should not have suffered any injuries. At most, he will be liable for civil liability. Don't worry too much."

He has no expectations for this finals now, because whether it is civil or criminal liability, just the suspension within the league will be very troublesome for Zhou Quan.

"I still have control. The slap was not very forceful. Rogge, you go and deal with it." Zhou Quan said.

"OK."

Then he asked Zeng Li and others to go back to the hotel first, and he went back to the locker room and took a shower. When he came out of the bathroom, the game was over and the Sonics lost.

At this time, Xiao Hua was reporting what happened to Stern on the phone.

"Mr. Stern, when Iron Fist left the court, he ran into the referee Mr. Blake. Mr. Blake impulsively cursed Iron Fist, and then Iron Fist slapped Blake. That's what happened.

Now Mr. Hughes Blake has called the police and said he would launch legal proceedings against Iron Fist for assault. "

"Call the police? He's crazy, this guy."

Hearing the last sentence, Stern felt a headache, thought for a while and said: "Tekken has not been violent on the field for several seasons. Just now, something special must have happened, such as Blake scolding Tekken or something." What? Adam, go and investigate in detail."

"Okay, sir."

Xiao Hua responded and then said: "Mr. President, no matter what the reason is for Iron Fist to take action, beating the referee is unacceptable. He will even be spurned by his own fans. What are you going to do?"

Stern had a headache and his mind was still in a mess. He couldn't make a decision at all. He just said: "Go and investigate first. I'll wait for your results."

……

"Hurry up, guys, let's go to the press hall to reserve a seat. The station has approved our live broadcast and is now previewing our live broadcast."

At the United Center, an NBC reporter excitedly shouted to his photographer.

"Rank, is this the live broadcast of the Supersonics press conference?" The photographer quickly followed up with the camera on his shoulder.

"Oh, Bill, you are so stupid. Of course it's the SuperSonics press conference. I hope Iron Fist will be at the press conference, God willing."

……

In the visiting team's locker room, a police sergeant came with two police officers, followed by a group of reporters.

"Crack, click, click..." The flash lights lit up.

The sergeant flashed his ID to Whitsitt and others outside the door, and then said: "I am Sheriff Max. Someone called the police. You know what happened, so I am taking Iron Fist away for investigation now."

"Shet! He must have done it on purpose. He wanted to destroy Iron Fist." Whitshit cursed angrily after hearing this.

"Calm down," Ballmer said.

"Are you looking for me?" Zhou Quan heard the noise inside and opened the door and asked.

"Iron Fist, Hughes Blake called the police and the police are going to take you away. Calm down, Blake just wants to disgust you." Bob Whitsitt said.

Ballmer said to the sergeant at this time: "Mr. Sheriff, do you have to take him away? I see that the referee was not injured. Even if he files a lawsuit, it will only be a civil lawsuit to compensate for some mental damages. Besides, you There was no warrant for his arrest.”

Of course Sheriff Max knew Ballmer, and he also knew that this was a civil dispute, but he was a Bulls fan, and even more a Jordan fan, so he shook his head and said:

"Right now we are not sure of the extent of Hughes Blake's injuries, so we need to ask Iron Fist to go to the police station for investigation first. If you need an arrest warrant, I can apply for it, but in that case, we will not have this attitude."

Ballmer's face turned cold, and he was very dissatisfied with the police chief.

"I think you should apply for an arrest warrant."

Zhou Quan looked at Max and said coldly.

"Crack, click, click..." The reporters behind them pressed the shutter faster.

Max's eyes twitched. He had applied when he came here, but was not approved. Where could he apply?Ballmer said coldly: "Chief Max, if you want to investigate, do it here. Iron Fist will cooperate with you. But if you want to take him away and there are no procedures, I'm afraid it won't work. I won't agree to it."

If you dare to mess around, I will immediately contact Congressman Rock Island in Chicago to impeach the Chicago police for abusing their power. "

The corners of Max's eyes were twitching wildly. Congressman Rock Island was a mad dog with a large group of lawyers under his command. He had always been dissatisfied with the work of the Chicago Police Department. Because of him, the expenses of the Chicago Police Department had been cut repeatedly, and the previous police chief was dismissed. He destroyed it and was forced to retire early. How could he have the qualifications and courage to provoke that mad dog?

Besides, he can't afford to offend Congressman Rock Island, and he can't afford to offend people like Ballmer either.

Even if it is Iron Fist, he actually can't afford to offend him, because Iron Fist's international influence is too great, which is why the above just refused to approve the arrest warrant. He knows this very well.

Next, Zhou Quan was questioned in the locker room, which only took a few minutes, because the whole process was very simple, just a slap in the face.

Soon, the press conference was held.

At the Bulls press conference, Jordan's face suddenly fell when he came in and saw that there were only a dozen reporters, most of them local reporters.

"They all went over there, which is a good thing for us." Phil Jackson echoed.

Jordan nodded, of course he knew this was a good thing for the Bulls.

Next door, the Sonics' press conference hall was crowded. There were no less than 300 reporters and photographers.

"Have you heard? The referee has called the police, but Iron Fist should not have been taken away yet."

"Iron Fist is in trouble now, and he will definitely have no chance to defend his title."

"Still defending the title? If he is not banned for life, I will stand on my head and eat the air."

"I wasn't taken away. I was just there. The police didn't have an arrest warrant. They were just investigating."

"Oh, here comes the Iron Fist King."

"I thought he wasn't going to be at the press conference, God forbid."

When they saw Zhou Quan appear, the reporters suddenly became excited.

"Crack clap..."

The lens flashed, the shutter swung wildly, and the place where Zhou Quan was was lit up.

"Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Rank Bobis..."

NBC reporter Rank stood in front of the camera, and the NBC live broadcast began.

The host flipped the cards, and the first person to ask a question was a reporter from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The reporter took the microphone and asked:

"King of Iron Fist, before you slapped the referee, I saw what he said to you, right? Did that sentence make you lose your mind?"

Zhou Quan nodded and said: "He called me a 'Chinese guy'. As we all know, this is a racist term in the United States. I couldn't tolerate his insults to me and my entire race, so I acted impulsively."

I'm sorry for my behavior of hitting people. This is not a gentleman's behavior.But if it happened again, I would give him a slap in the face. "

"Oh!"

The reporters exclaimed.

The reporter asked again: "So Iron Fist King, will you apologize to him?"

"NO."

Zhou Quan shook his head and said: "I will complain to the league about his racial discrimination until he is expelled from the league. I will also file a lawsuit against him, accusing him of racial discrimination against me."

"Oh!"

There was another exclamation at the scene.

Zhou Quan’s voice continued: “I don’t want to see such racist elements continue to appear in this clean league. His presence will hinder the development of the league.”

In New York, although it was almost early in the morning, Stern was still not sleepy. The TV was turned on and he was watching NBC's live broadcast. He had just seen the preview.

He believed that Zhou Quan would not lie, because players from both teams were around at the time, and many people must have heard it.

If it is mixed with racial discrimination, then the nature of the matter changes, and he has reason to reduce Zhou Quan's punishment.

He did not want to impose a ban on Zhou Quan, otherwise the ratings of the finals would definitely plummet and all interests would suffer great losses.

But Zhou Quan's request made it difficult for him to handle. Expelling a white referee would not only offend many people within the league, but more troublesome, it would also offend the media and a large number of white organizations. This was pressure that he could not bear.

What's even more troublesome is that he can imagine that the media will definitely attack Zhou Quan crazily tomorrow.

……

Back at the hotel, Zhou Quan and Zeng Li met, talked for a while, and then went to rest.

This night, his psychology was still affected to some extent, and he was still unable to enter concentration.

The next day, the media had already started hyping up the violence and racial discrimination on the court yesterday.

"Iron Fist beat the referee. As the world's professional heavyweight boxing champion, he should be sent to prison."

"Violence against referees is the most intolerable act and the Iron Fist King should be banned from participating in any sports competition for life."

"The biggest scandal in NBA history, the current No. 1 player and one of the greatest athletes on the planet, the Iron Fist King, was racially profiled by league referees in front of the entire world."

Most of the media have been targeting Zhou Quan, but Zhou Quan also has a lot of capital behind him, so some media have always been supporting him.

But in general, the media that supports him are in the minority, and there are no mainstream media. They are all local media like Seattle. Because the mainstream media in the United States are controlled by white people, these media tycoons have little to do with Zhou Quan.

So today's media hype is no exception. Most of the media and almost all mainstream media are hyping Zhou Quan's violent behavior on the field and describing him as a violent person, while not mentioning a word about other things. .

In addition, some unidentified NBA executives and referee committee members expressed their views on the matter in interviews with the media.

"I am from the NBA Referee Committee. I strongly condemn the behavior of Iron Fist beating the referee. This kind of morally corrupt scum is a disgrace to the sports world. He should not only be expelled from the NBA league, but also from the sports world, including Boxing versus golf.”

"I am an NBA referee. I think if Iron Fist is not severely punished, who will dare to officiate games again in the future? I think the most correct punishment is to expel him from the league."

Roger Philippe stayed up all night, and sure enough, when he woke up early in the morning, he saw the news that league executives believed that Zhou Quan should be expelled from the sports world.

He is worried about this. Leaving the NBA is not fatal, but if this incident affects Zhou Quan's development in other sports, it will be a big trouble.

Then he began contacting lawyers to prepare for a civil lawsuit against Hughes Blake.

At [-] a.m., Stern received an official complaint from the Seattle SuperSonics.

First, the SuperSonics appealed against several penalties against Zhou Quan in last night's game; second, referee Hughes Blake used racial slurs against Zhou Quan; third, when Zhou Quan left the game last night, there were Many Bulls fans used racial slurs against him.

(End of this chapter)