Newsmakers
Guilty An Illinois insurance executive agreed to plead guilty to interstate stalking after secretly making nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. Michael Barrett, 48, of Westmont, Ill., will plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Tuesday, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesman with the U.S. attorney’s office.
Filed A woman has filed a $70 million lawsuit against Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs, claiming he is the father of her two children and assaulted her multiple times. Candace Williams, 26, is seeking $50 million in punitive damages and $20 million in compensatory damages from the three-time Pro Bowl pass rusher. She also filed a complaint seeking custody of the children.
Sitting Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan sat out another practice because of a toe injury, making it increasingly unlikely he’ll be able to play against the New Orleans Saints. While Ryan took part in a walkthrough, he wasn’t even at the indoor practice facility for the main 2 1/2 -hour workout. Chris Redman ran the first-team offense. Even so, coach Mike Smith isn’t ready to say for sure that Ryan won’t play Sunday.
Ordered The Spanish Supreme Court has ordered former top-ranked women’s tennis player Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario to pay back approximately $5.1 million in unpaid income tax. The court rejected Sanchez-Vicario’s assertion that she was a resident of Andorra and not Spain from 1989 to 1993.
Discussed U.S. forward Landon Donovan is in talks about a loan move to Everton that would give him experience in the English Premier League before the World Cup. The loan would put the Los Angeles Galaxy star on the same team as U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard and allow him to play against many of the England players he will face in South Africa next June.
Refused The Justice Department is refusing to back a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman. The department’s pardon attorney, Ronald L. Rodgers, told Rep. Peter King that the Justice Department’s resources for pardon requests are best used on behalf of people “who can truly benefit” from them.