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Jun 11, 1999 · A jury on Friday ordered Time Inc. to pay $10.7 million to ex-heavyweight boxer Randall "Tex" Cobb for a 1993 Sports Illustrated article that said he fixed a fight and shared cocaine...
Jan 30, 2002 · Jan 30, 2002. UPDATED 5:12 pm with Cobb attorney comments -- The 1999 jury verdict that awarded former Nashville resident boxer/actor Tex Cobb $8.5 million for an allegedly libelous...
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A 1993 Sports Illustrated article alleged that Cobb had participated in a fixed fight with Sonny Barch and had used cocaine with Barch and promoter Rick "Elvis" Parker before and after the fight. Cobb said the magazine libeled him, and he sued for US$150 million.
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- Randall Craig Cobb, May 7, 1950 (age 73), Bridge City, Texas, U.S.
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Jun 11, 1999 · Cathy Burke. Published June 11, 1999, 4:00 a.m. ET. A federal jury today decides on punitive damages for bit-part actor and burly ex-boxer Randall “Tex” Cobb – accused in a libelous 1993...
Jun 14, 1999 · A Federal jury on Friday ordered Time Inc. to pay $10.7 million to the former boxer Randall (Tex) Cobb for a 1993 Sports Illustrated article that said he had fixed a fight and shared...
Jun 11, 1999 · Sports Illustrated was ordered to pay $8.5 million to a former heavyweight boxer, Randall (Tex) Cobb, in a libel suit over a 1993 article that said he had fixed a fight and shared...
His last boxing comeback ended in 1993, when a former opponent accused Cobb in Sports Illustrated of paying him to take a dive. The story killed his boxing career (with a fairly impressive...
