"A six-person jury in Palm Beach County found Monday that the Nicklaus Companies had damaged the 18-time major champion's reputation and exposed him to ridicule, hatred, mistrust, distrust or contempt. Nicklaus Companies owner and executive chairman Howard Milstein and executive Andrew O'Brien were also named individually as defendants, but jurors did not find them personally liable."
"Eugene Stearns, an attorney for Nicklaus, said Nicklaus has spent his life helping others and earning a reputation as not just a great athlete but a great human being. "He deserved better than what he got, and we're pleased that the jury addressed the particular circumstances that were so annoying," Stearns said."
"According to the lawsuit, Nicklaus, 85, claimed Milstein, O'Brien and others at the company spread false stories that Nicklaus considered a $750 million deal to join the Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf League and that he was suffering from dementia and no longer mentally fit to manage his affairs."
Jack Nicklaus won a $50 million verdict in a Florida defamation lawsuit against his former business partners. A Palm Beach County jury found that the Nicklaus Companies damaged his reputation and exposed him to ridicule and contempt, while individual executives Howard Milstein and Andrew O'Brien were not found personally liable. The lawsuit alleged company executives spread false stories that Nicklaus considered a $750 million LIV Golf deal and that he suffered from dementia. Defense attorneys described the matter as a business dispute and denied reputational harm. A New York judge earlier dismissed the company's suit seeking to bar Nicklaus from using his name.
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