Ryan Klesko accused of threatening ex-business partner
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2011 5:07 pm
Ryan Klesko accused of threatening ex-business partner with loaded gun
Former Atlanta Braves slugger Ryan Klesko, a stalwart during the franchise's glory days, pointed a loaded gun at an ex-business partner's head and threatened harm to him and his family, a lawsuit filed last month in Houston County claims.
Plaintiff James McDaniel, of Kathleen, said the alleged incident occurred last June in the parking lot of a Warner Robins Waffle House.
"[Klesko] told me that if I ever screw him, mess with him, steal from him, leave him ... , he would kill me," McDaniel told Warner Robins Police -- three months after that exchange. The contractor told police he would pursue his own case against the 16-year major league veteran and Klesko's associate, Richard Spear.
Two weeks before McDaniel, 36, contacted police, Klesko and Spear filed their own report with authorities claiming McDaniel had defrauded the company out of roughly $28,000. No charges were filed in that case, either. http://www.ajc.com/news/former-brave-kl ... 73676.html