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So… remember those “man possessed” emails Clay Bennett made?

Well, today Clay testified in the Sonics trial that he was possessed to keep the team in Seattle.  Seriously.  Only, a few questions later he made it clear that, well, that’s not actually what he meant:

Bennett said he meant he was possessed to keep the team in Seattle. Lawrence hammered away at this point. Lawrence pointed to the responses from Ward and McClendon who said they wanted to watch basketball games in Oklahoma City.

Lawrence asked: “Did you respond back and say ‘I meant I want to keep the team in Seattle?’” Bennett said: “I did not.”

Lawrence submitted an e-mail between Bennett and NBA executive Joel Litvin in which Bennett asked if there was any way he could move the team to Oklahoma City next season. Said Lawrence: “So the man possessed to keep the team in Seattle is asking how he can move the team to Oklahoma City.”

Lawrence submitted an e-mail from McClendon to Bennett which said: “Where will be next year sir?” Bennett replied in the email that he was working hard.

Lawrence asked: “Did you tell Aubrey, ‘no, no I’m working hard to stay in Seattle.’” Bennett said: “I did not.”

Bennett said he contacted the Ford Center in Oklahoma City to reserve dates for the 2008-09 season.

Bennett initially met with Sonics attorney Brad Keller on April 25, 2007 about possible litigation.

So here’s the thing.  Clay, I know that you’re rich and influential.  But to say on the stand that those emails were about you being possessed to keep the team in Seattle is just stupid on your part.  It’s one thing to say it to Stern, or in the media.  We all just chuckled when you did that.  But on the stand?  It’s not comedy.  It’s perjury.  If I’d been in the courtroom I would have had a hard time not laughing when you said that with a straight face.  Well, as straight as your mouth gets.  Back to the point… not sure if you know this Clay, but although rich and famous people pretty much get away with everything else in court, lately they’ve been getting all kinds of fucked when it comes to perjury.

No really.

Even sports figures.

Even people richer than you.

Your arrogance set yourself up today with that testimony.  You could have ducked the question on the stand or provided some kind of non-answer.  Are you really that confident that there aren’t any more skeletons in your inbox that show you blatantly lied under oath today?  Judge Marsha Perchman has already said she’s not a sports fan.  Hopefully she’s not too big on bullshit either, because I’d love to see Ol’ Clay in orange and black.  And I don’t mean Oklahoma State gear.

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