One of the amusing details of Tiger Woods‘ car accident on Thanksgiving night was he was shoeless when he plowed his Escalade into a tree.
Okay, it was amusing to most of us, but probably not Jayson Williams. Like Woods, Williams is also facing a financial hit for plowing his own SUV into a tree. His shoes, as far as I know, had nothing to do with the accident. But Tiger Woods shoes could (somehow) cause even more financial damage to the Williams (estranged) family.
The NEW YORK POST reports:
The former NBA star’s South Carolina estate was recently robbed of more $150,000 in sports memorabilia, electronics and jewelry. Among the stolen items were a pair of Tiger Woods’ shoes autographed by the sullied billionaire golfer, shorts signed by basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain, and a handwritten lyric sheet by rapper Tupac Shakur.
Tiger’s shoes, Wilt’s shorts and a Tupac rap sheet? What, no signed and numbered Rae Carruth’s orange jumpsuit?
The memorabilia - for all intents and purposes - is owned by Williams’ ex-wife Tanya, who lives in the waterfront estate.
I guess it could be worse for poor Tanya, her mansion could’ve lost almost half its value in less than two years.
10:35 pm on January 30th, 2010
Nothing lost, as the shoes which were signed by the rabbit-toothed, bulbous-lipped adulterer, are essentially worthless on today’s market …
11:16 pm on January 30th, 2010
I made him sign all this stuff because I knew he was boinking Rachel…..should have held out for $500,000 rather than charity signatures, huh?
8:23 am on January 31st, 2010
Sports memorbilia has zero value since there is no safe place to sell it. Too unique. Friend had an engine piston signed by Jeff Gordon stolen from his NASCAR store. Busted the thief when he tried to sell the piston on eBAy. No self respecting fence would touch the sports stuff. Diamond ring or a Rolex, any pawn shop will buy it.
6:38 pm on February 18th, 2010
What’s Williams’ problem..? This guy is clearly in need of professional psychiatric help!
6:40 pm on February 18th, 2010
“Sports memorbilia has zero value since there is no safe place to sell it” - I’ve heard this recently.. I guess it’s just too easy to forge this kind of stuff, so no one trusts it.