Al Sharpton sued for $1.75m over claims he swindled trucker who asked for help with discrimination case out of $16,000
- Reggie Anders Sr. is suing the outspoken preacher for $1.75 in damages
- He claims Sharpton took $16,000 to help him with his discrimination dispute with Verizon
- But Anders says the reverend's promises to promote the case in the media and arrange mediation meetings were never carried out
- He was later shocked to read allegations by the New York Post that Sharpton received thousands in donations from Verizon
- When confronted, Sharpton said he has 'no idea' who Anders was
Civil rights leader Rev. Al Sharpton has been accused of swindling an Arizona trucker out of $16,000 after he agreed to take on his discrimination case, according to a lawsuit.
Reggie Anders Sr. is suing the outspoken preacher after he claims Sharpton took no action in his discrimination dispute with Verizon, the New York Post reports.
Anders claims that he agreed to pay Sharpton $16,000 - in cash - in exchange for him publicizing the dispute in the media and on his weekly radio broadcast, as well as setting up mediation meetings with the communications giant.
It was only later he read a report in the New York Post claiming that the preacher, and his National Action Network (NAN), received thousands of dollars in donations from Verizon and other large corporations in what the newspaper alleged what 'protection money'.
Firms that didn't pay up were threatened with bad press or boycotts, it reported last year.
'He's a crook, he's a fraud, and that's all he is,'Anders told the Post. 'He didn't do anything he promised. Absolutely nothing.'
Anders says that when he called Sharpton to confront him about his lack of action, and links with Verizon, that the civil rights leaders was furious.
'He said people write stuff about him all the time,' Anders said. 'Then for a year and a half he strung
Representatives for Sharpton deny the claims which they have branded 'untrue and frivolous'.
Anders was advised to get in touch with Sharpton last year by his own minister, the Rev. David Wade of Phoenix, when his 2009 case against Verizon - who he claims were in breach of contract and discriminated against him - after his suit was thrown out in 2014.
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