Derek Jeter is trying to get money out of underwear.
The retired Yankees shortstop wants a judge to tell the marketer of Frigo, a luxury underwear brand, to give him $1,000 a day for each day it’s late on a deal to pay his legal fees, according to a report from Law360’s Matt Chiappardi.
Rappers 50 Cent and Timbaland are Frigo investors.
RevolutionWear owes Jeter $90,000 in unpaid legal fees, the report said.
The company agreed to pay some of Jeter’s legal costs after he sued it, the report said. In that lawsuit, in March 2016, Jeter wanted a judge to say he followed through with his agreement with RevolutionWear to endorse the company, using his “name or likeness to promote the products,” the report said.
Headley looking over his shoulder?
RevolutionWear wanted $26 million from Jeter after the future Hall of Fame said he wanted out of the deal, the report said.
Jeter, 42, was recently in headlines for asking his current hometown of Tampa, Fla., to allow him make a fence surrounding his mansion taller — presumably so fans and paparazzi can’t peak in.
The Yankees also hope Jeter will attend their yearly Captains Camp and speak to some of their brightest prospects. Jeter has made surprise appearances at the program each of the last two years. The Yankees’ minor league training facility is also in Tampa.
Jeter played 20 seasons, winning five World Series titles. A 14-time All-Star, he finished top three in the American League MVP vote three times, won five Gold Gloves and was the 1996 Rookie of the Year.
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