Clonie Gowen Files Lawsuit Against Full Tilt Poker
According to Nevada court records, Cycalona ‘Clonie’ Gowen has filed a lawsuit against Tiltware, LLC. Full Tilt Poker, and many of the famous faces you see on Full Tilt advertisements. Named in the suit personally are ‘Team Full Tilt’ members Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius.
Gowen alleges that she was given 1% ownership in the company in exchange for representing them by wearing Full Tilt Poker merchandise in live tournaments. Her lawsuit claims that in May 2007, all Team Full Tilt Poker members received a distribution check except for her. She says that in November 2007, Howard Lederer approached her and offered to give her $250,000 as compensation for representing the company. Gowen refused this offer claiming it was only a fraction of what she was owed.
The lawsuit claims that, despite not being paid, Gowen continued to represent the company until last week when she received word that Full Tilt would release a statement saying she is no longer a Team Pro.
She is suing the company for $40 million which is what she estimates her 1% share to be worth. When comparing the market capitalization of publicly traded online poker firms, it seems that Gowen’s estimate that Full Tilt is worth $4 billion is bullish to say the least.
Per her claim, Gowen was told she would no longer be working with the website, and her name and image would be removed from the promotional materials.
The lawsuit was filed , November 14th, in Nevada District Court, in the court of Judge Robert C. Jones. PokerNews will have more on this story as it develops.
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