Lawyers representing Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt in bankruptcy proceedings likened accepting a loan from Major League Baseball to signing a “deal with the devil.”
The attorneys, including bankruptcy partners Bruce Bennett and Sidney Levinson from Dewey & LeBoeuf and a team from Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor led by partner Robert Brady, filed a a motion Monday in Delaware bankruptcy court that accused MLB and commissioner Bud Selig, of pursuing a vendetta against McCourt and forcing the team to accept a one-sided financial package instead of a loan that McCourt previously arranged with High Bridge Capital Management, a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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