"The lawsuit alleges that comments Karen Russell made in a Boston Globe column last October "tarnished" her father's legacy. "My dad had well-known cognitive issues," Karen Russell told the Globe. "He was also hard of hearing at the end of his life, which made it hard for everyone to be in contact with him." The comments were made in a sports column called "Bill Russell's daughter had never met Bob Cousy. Until now.""
"In the story, Karen Russell visits the 97-year-old legendary Celtics point guard and says that she wants Cousy to have peace in his golden years. Cousy had said in the past that he should have been more sensitive to the anguish Russell felt living as a Black man in Boston when they were teammates during the 1950's and 60's. He has expressed feelings about the guilt about the subject publicly, on several occasions."
Jeannine Russell, widow of Celtics center Bill Russell, filed a lawsuit against Karen Russell alleging that comments attributed to Karen about Bill Russell's cognitive issues and hearing at the end of his life tarnished his legacy and violated a prior contract. The comments included that Bill Russell had well-known cognitive issues and was hard of hearing, which complicated contact. The remarks appeared amid a visit to former teammate Bob Cousy and followed a 2015 court dispute over Bill Russell's mental competency that labeled him a 'vulnerable adult' and concerned control of his name, image, and likeness.
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