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The man who inspired “Jerry Maguire” files for bankruptcy, sites alcoholism

January 12, 2012
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The man who inspired “Jerry Maguire” files for bankruptcy, sites alcoholism

The sports agent who inspired the Hollywood blockbuster “Jerry Maguire” has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in Santa Ana, California. After years of excessive drinking and recklessly spending millions of dollars and failing to pay personal and business taxes, Leigh Steinberg, who represented some of NFL’s greatest athletes, is flat out broke. Hopefully, Steinberg does not relapse and return to alcohol or visit an on-line Canadian pharmacy to escape the financial and legal responsibilities he created and the...

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