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Jose Canseco got a $300,000 advance for his book claiming several high-profile players used steroids, it was reveled in court Tuesday.
The amount came out of a pretrial hearing for a civil suit by two men claiming they were beaten by Canseco and his twin, Ozzie, in a fight at a South Beach night club four years ago.
Christian Presley and Alan Cheeks are seeking damages for their alleged injuries. The trial is to begin Monday with jury selection in Florida Circuit Court in Miami.
Lawyers for Presley and Cheeks contended that they were entitled to know Canseco's net worth and other financial information.
Attorney Katherine Ezell told the judge that Canseco was "paid an advance $300,000" by his publisher for the book, 'Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big.'
Canseco's attorney, Robert Saunooke, said the slugger has set up a trust for his daughter which will be funded by money he makes from the book. As of now, the trust is unfunded, he said.
Saunooke said he had no information about his client's net worth or other financial statements, and said Canseco had "inflated his net worth to secure a bank loan."
"I haven't been paid in a year," Saunooke said late in the hearing. Asked afterward why he was staying on, he said, smiling, "For justice."
The brawl at Club Opium resulted in criminal charges against the brothers, and Canseco was jailed last year for violating the probation he was given on those charges.
Source: AP
The amount came out of a pretrial hearing for a civil suit by two men claiming they were beaten by Canseco and his twin, Ozzie, in a fight at a South Beach night club four years ago.
Christian Presley and Alan Cheeks are seeking damages for their alleged injuries. The trial is to begin Monday with jury selection in Florida Circuit Court in Miami.
Lawyers for Presley and Cheeks contended that they were entitled to know Canseco's net worth and other financial information.
Attorney Katherine Ezell told the judge that Canseco was "paid an advance $300,000" by his publisher for the book, 'Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big.'
Canseco's attorney, Robert Saunooke, said the slugger has set up a trust for his daughter which will be funded by money he makes from the book. As of now, the trust is unfunded, he said.
Saunooke said he had no information about his client's net worth or other financial statements, and said Canseco had "inflated his net worth to secure a bank loan."
"I haven't been paid in a year," Saunooke said late in the hearing. Asked afterward why he was staying on, he said, smiling, "For justice."
The brawl at Club Opium resulted in criminal charges against the brothers, and Canseco was jailed last year for violating the probation he was given on those charges.
Source: AP