Rory McIlroy Claims Oakley Is Harrassing Him

Besides going to trial next year against his now-former agent Conor Ridge, Rory McIlory also faces a claim from Oakley over the end of his arrangement with the apparel manufacturer and has filed his own documents suggesting the company has been harrassing him over the end of their deal.

And it gets better. Brian Keogh summarizes the utterly bizarre situation, working off Colm Keena's Irish Times story:

When the case first came to light last December, it appeared that it would be quickly resolved in McIlroy’s favour after his then-agent, Conor Ridge, produced an email exchange he’d had with a sports marketing executive at Oakley named Pat McIlvain.

According to reports of the initial case last December 14, McIlvain sent an email to Ridge that said: “Understood. We are out of the mix. No contract for 2013. Pat Mac.”

Now it appears that McIlroy’s best defence against Oakley is the credibility of Ridge and Horizon, the people he has accused of tricking him into “an improvident and unconscionable bargain” and lack of “fiduciary duty of responsibility.”