Champs Sports Employee Files Lawsuit

An ex-salesman at Champs Sports in Times Square has filed a lawsuit claiming that he was handcuffed, beaten, and lashed with a belt by sadistic guards in a stockroom. According to the New York Daily News, the court papers filed in Brooklyn say that the ex-salesman was pressured to drop his complaint against the store’s guards.

One of the guards was arrested for a 2006 beat down in which the ex-salesman was handcuffed to two metal poles and struck with a leather belt while another guard took photos on a cell phone. The lawsuit also describes a second incident in which the guards handcuffed the ex-salesman to a urinal for 45 minutes. New York personal injury lawyers do not understand the guards’ motives for these actions.