Schweinsteiger Files Libel Suit
(Soccer365.com) - Bayern Munich attacker Basti Schweinsteiger has continued to hit back at German daily TZ by filing defamation and libel claims against the editors and writers responsible.
The Germany starlet was named as a target in a story about ongoing match-fixing investigations.
The newspaper has already retracted the story and apologized, but Schweinsteiger has now taken his gripe to the courts.
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Comments
Schweinsteiger needs to be fined for that week mullet he kicks.
Posted by: Germany | March 27, 2006 05:36 PM
If you look at his bio from the Bayern site, his attributes are: "friendly, punctual, cunning".
The evidence was right there staring us in the face. Guilty as charged.
Posted by: BorisB | March 28, 2006 09:47 AM
I would automatically suspend anyone described as a "starlet".
Posted by: Dolfin | March 28, 2006 09:49 AM
For anything you do in this world u need to pay taxes. Being popular is not for free..u still need to pay taxes for it and this would be rumors.
Posted by: Fadi | March 28, 2006 12:41 PM