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Oakley v. MSG Networks Inc., et al.

  1. February 04, 2026

    Oakley Fights To Keep MSG Case Afloat Amid Fee Dispute

    Charles Oakley has urged a federal court to not toss the lawsuit over the ex-New York Knicks player's 2017 ejection from Madison Square Garden, saying he has made good-faith efforts to pay a court-ordered $642,000 fee award.

  2. January 15, 2026

    MSG Bid To Punish Oakley Over $642K Owed Will Go Forward

    Madison Square Garden's quest to get former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley to pay court-ordered attorney fees will continue, according to a Thursday order by the New York federal judge overseeing the litigation over his 2017 arena ejection.

  3. October 31, 2025

    Ex-Knick Must Pay Madison Square Garden $642K Legal Fees

    Charles Oakley must pay Madison Square Garden a little more than $642,000 for legal fees stemming from its pursuit of the former New York Knick's deleted text messages in his battery suit against the arena, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday, cutting down the arena's requested $1.5 million.

  4. August 07, 2025

    Ex-Knick Slams Madison Square Garden's $1.5M Fee Request

    Charles Oakley slammed Madison Square Garden's bid for $1.5 million in attorney fees stemming from its pursuit of the former New York Knick's deleted text messages in his battery suit against the arena, claiming that only "bad faith" could justify such an "inflated" request.

  5. July 31, 2025

    MSG Makes Play For $1.5M Fees In Oakley Dispute

    Madison Square Garden is seeking $1.5 million in attorney fees from former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley, laying out the efforts it took to uncover Oakley's efforts to destroy text messages connected with his long-running assault and battery suit against the arena.

  6. July 23, 2025

    Oakley Penalized For Failing To Preserve Texts In MSG Spat

    A New York federal judge Wednesday declined to dismiss the assault and battery lawsuit launched by former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley against Madison Square Garden and said it will not impose monetary sanctions, related to destroyed text messages, against two law firms representing him.

  7. July 10, 2025

    Oakley Says MSG Ignoring 2nd Circ. Mandate In Assault Case

    Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley told a federal judge Tuesday that it should reject Madison Square Garden's latest attempt to have his assault and battery claims tossed, arguing the Second Circuit already determined that only a jury can resolve the dispute.

  8. July 08, 2025

    Ex-Knick Oakley Slams MSG's 'Incoherent' Sanctions Motion

    Former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley has called a bid by the owners of Madison Square Garden for monetary sanctions "borderline incoherent" and made his own sanctions request in a lawsuit that accuses the venue of assaulting and humiliating him.

  9. June 02, 2025

    MSG Tries Again To Have Ex-Knick's Assault Suit Tossed

    Madison Square Garden has returned fire against former New York Knicks icon Charles Oakley in their battle in New York federal court over his 2017 ejection from a game, demanding summary judgment in an assault suit he brought against it and asking for sanctions against Oakley six weeks after he requested sanctions against the organization.

  10. May 12, 2025

    MSG Blames Microsoft Glitch For Missing Emails In Court

    Madison Square Garden has urged a New York federal judge to reject former New York Knicks player Charles Oakley's motion for spoliation sanctions amid his assault suit, arguing missing emails were lost due to a Microsoft glitch, and that Oakley did not suffer prejudice because key evidence had been preserved through other sources.