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LBF head escapes racism charge

Nov 12, 2008
By TBT staff

BIGOTRY: The basketball club sent a letter requesting that the racism charges be dropped, despite the fact that many black players said they were offended by the remarks.
VILNIUS - The president of the Lithuanian Basketball Federation (LBF) has gotten off with a slap on the wrist after the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) dropped its investigation into his comments calling black players from the U.S.A. "black assholes." "The acts of Garastas do not include criminal elements because he was not told that he was being recorded by the journalist and therefore thought that he was being asked for his personal opinion," said Aurelija Juodyte, head of public relations ...

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