Jerseygate Averted: Portis to Pay Ohalete for Number

Augusta Chronicle, The › June 08, 2005

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WASHINGTON - A trial between former NFL teammates over a jersey number was averted Monday when running back Clinton Portis agreed to pay $18,000 to former Washington Redskins teammate Ifeanyi Ohalete.

Ohalete will receive all but $2,000 of the $20,000 he was seeking as the balance due for a $40,000 agreement that gave Portis the Redskins jersey No. 26 last year. The case appeared headed for a trial in a Maryland District Court today.

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Jerseygate Averted: Portis to Pay Ohalete for Number

"We jostled around a little bit, and we came to that figure as a final resolution," s...

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