Memphis wing restaurant owes Grizzlies star $365K
A local wing restaurant owes Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant more than $365,000. Morant warms up before an NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Memphis. (Brandon Dill/AP Photo file)
A local wing restaurant owes Memphis Grizzlies point guard Ja Morant more than $365,000, according to court documents.
An independent arbitrator ruled in July 2024 that the restaurant owes Morant money for breaching a deal it had with the basketball star, according to the documents obtained by The Daily Memphian and first reported by The Commercial Appeal.
Attorneys for Morant are now asking a Shelby County Chancellor to affirm that ruling, and a second one in August, and to require the restaurant to pay a total of $365,525.50, including legal fees.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on Desoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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