News media attention, including ESPN, has been given to the estate of a deceased, and possibly murdered, boxer and the wrongful death suit that has been filed on his minor daughter's behalf.
The suit was filed on September 9 by attorney Anthony Pope. It names A.R.G., who is not the child's mother but was married to boxer, A.G., at the time of his death.
The two were married in Brazil, A.R.G's homeland, in July 2009.
The child, S.B.G. aged 5, is the biological daughter of E.R. E.R., as the child's guardian, is seeking both damages and restraints on A.G.'s assets held in New Jersey.
In the suit, E.R. also alleges that A.R.G. "did violently bludgeon and asphyxiate the decedent resulting in his death."
A.G. was a popular boxer up until his retirement in 2007. He had a 40-9 record, two world titles and fought most of his matches in Atlantic City.
His professional boxing career spanned 16 years.
It is unclear who is representing A.R.G. in the lawsuit. A lawyer, that had represented her before, has denied representing her in this matter.
Another lawyer, Pierre-Hugues Fortin, is representing her in a related civil case in Canada.
The Canadian case is deciding who will ultimately inherit A.G.'s estate.
A.G. was discovered dead by A.R.G. while the two were staying in a rental apartment in the northeastern town of Porto de Galihnas, Brazil. They were in Brazil for a second honeymoon and their 10-month-old son accompanied them.
Friends and family members state that the couple had a turbulent marriage.
A.R.G. was detained as a prime suspect in the beginning of the case. Authorities in Brazil said she was "unquestionably responsible."
They alleged that she had strangled A.G. with a strap from her purse while he was asleep, and, drunk.
Later, when the Brazilian investigation was complete, they had ruled A.R.G. out as a suspect. After an autopsy was performed they concluded that he had committed suicide.
It was determined that A.R.G. had hung himself, with the same handbag strap, from a wooden staircase column in the couple's apartment.
Since then A.R.G. has been battling with the boxer's family over his $5.6 million estate. The civil case is unfolding in Canada as that is where he was raised, but he lived, and earned his living as a boxer, in New Jersey.
Family members and supporters don't believe that A.G., 37, took his own life. He was considered gregarious and many of his followers
had called "Thunder."
M.B., a former pathologist and now the host of a television show about autopsies, witnessed a second autopsy - requested by the family in Canada in 2009 - and said that the coroners did not rule out homicide as a cause of death.
Pat Lynch, A.G.'s former manager, hired a private investigator, and a panel of forensic evidence experts, to determine the cause of his death. After ten months they concluded that it was a homicide.
Pope said, "Without a shadow of a doubt, (A.G.) was murdered. The evidence points clearly to complicity on behalf of his wife."
Loosing a loved one in a wrongful death is cause for a lawsuit. Contact a wrongful death attorney to discuss your case as soon as possible!