Blunder at the Craps Table Can Turn Serious
31st October, 2007
What Joseph Ogundu called “a blunder at the craps table”; the Detroit Casino and their internal police force called cheating and charged Ogundu with a felony and a misdemeanor. Nevertheless, the man was cleared of all charges by the Country Circuit Court jury, 11 month after the incident. The story doesn’t end here, as Ogundu returned to the court on Monday to reverse the roles in hope to sue the casino, a State Police officer and another Detroit cop for their offensive mistake.
Ogundu filed a lawsuit to Wayne Country Circuit Court against his offenders on the grounds of false imprisonment, malicious prosecution, defamation of character and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Joseph Ogundu, a 46-year old West Bloomfield resident, is looking to gain no less than $25,000 in damages. The man tried to justify such a high price on Tuesday saying “It was a terrible ordeal”.
There were no comments received from the casino as their spokesman explained that comments are prohibited during the pending law suit. Michegan State Police has not voiced their thoughts either.
The incident happened in the early hours on the August 2006, when Ogundu placed an improper bet on the craps table after purchasing $100 worth of chips. He prompted the dealer to let him know when he needs to remove the bet from the table. The dealer was going to hand over $10 winnings to Ogundu after 15-25 minutes, when he placed another improper bet. The dealer decided to pause the game in order to explain the rules to the man and point out his mistake.
Ogundu’s lawyer, David Jones of Detroit explained that the man is inexperienced gambler, that this was one of very rare occasions he went to casino and the very first time he played dice.
