Attorney Larry Klayman has launched a new lawsuit against Tiger Woods, arguing the golfer and the PGA Tour fraudulently tried to eliminate a competitor.
Attorney Larry Klayman has launched fresh legal action against Tiger Woods and the PGA Tour after his antitrust claim was dismissed.
Klayman’s original antitrust case that he filed in 2022 against the PGA Tour and several others was tossed out in September.
He argued the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, Official World Golf Ranking and high profile golfers such as Woods and Rory McIlroy colluded to restrain competition from the rival LIV Golf League.
That case was thrown out but is now before the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals.
But in the meantime the attorney has filed a new case alleging fraud in the dismissal of the original antitrust action.
Klayman argues that the judge who oversaw the case, Luis Delgado, delayed the litigation to ‘avoid exposing Woods’ illegal conduct to the public’.
In a statement, Klayman said: “In our country no one is above the law, even a golfing icon who admirably broke the racial barriers in the golfing world, Tiger Woods, who not coincidentally is a Florida citizen.
“This new case is regrettably a testament to the compromised state of our legal system, where fraudulent representations by defendants and their lawyers who are powerful in size, financially and have political and other connections, can influence if not coerce a judge to accept their false statements to avoid a detrimental backlash which could affect his standing and judicial career.”
He continued: “I had to think hard before filing on principle this very strong case, at the expense of offending the otherwise likeable judge Delgado, who sadly acquiesced to the alleged fraud on his court thereby shirking his ethical and legal responsibilities.
“Rather I intend to put paramount adherence to the rule law, as I want to ‘Make Professional Golf Great Again,’ for golf fans and consumers such as me, who, like our 45th and now 47th president, love the game and want to see real competition flourish for the benefit of all.”
