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Ex-Lover Fires Back At Michael Jordan
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Ex-Lover Fires Back At Michael Jordan -
Ex-Lover Fires Back At Michael Jordan -
Ex-Lover Fires Back At Michael Jordan -
Ex-Lover Fires Back At Michael Jordan -
Ex-Lover Fires Back At Michael Jordan -
Ex-Lover Fires Back At Michael Jordan -
Ex-Lover Fires Back At Michael Jordan
Firing back at Michael Jordan's charge that she was a wannabe extortionist, a former lover of the NBA star detailed the couple's extramarital affair in a blisFiring back at Michael Jordan's charge that she was a wannabe extortionist, a former lover of the NBA star detailed the couple's extramarital affair in a blistering countersuit filed today (11/19) in Chicago's Circuit Court. According to singer Karla Knafel, 39, her affair with Jordan began in December 1989, three months after the athlete wed his wife Juanita. When Knafel asked Jordan about his marriage, the basketball star allegedly responded "that he had a 'business arrangement' with Mrs. Jordan, that he considered Mrs. Jordan to be 'hired help' and that his agent and manager, David Falk, advised him to marry Juanita in order to maintain his favorable public image." Knafel alleged that she became pregnant during the affair, and that Jordan "demanded that she abort the baby." Knafel said she refused to terminate the pregnancy, which resulted in a stillborn birth, according to ESPN. What follows is the key excerpt from Knafel's countersuit, which includes references to former Jordan teammates (and future trial witnesses?) Scottie Pippen, Horace Grant, John Paxson, and Ron Harper. Knafel said she was introduced to Jordan in early 1989 by NBA referee Ed Rush. (7 pages)
