NEW YORK, Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by William W. Taylor and Benjamin Brafman: "We have maintained from the beginning that the motivation of Mr. Thompson and his client was to make money. The filing of this lawsuit ends any doubt on that question.

WASHINGTON, July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by William W. Taylor and Benjamin Brafman: Yesterday, we stated unequivocally that Ms.

Former New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday on a gun charge, officials said. The charges stemmed from an accidental shooting at a Manhattan nightclub last November. Burress, who was set to begin serving his sentence immediately, pleaded guilty Aug.

Plaxico Burress pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony that will send the former New York Giants star to prison for two years for shooting himself in a nightclub. New York's WABC-TV reported the NFL player pleaded guilty in a Manhattan courtroom to a count of second-degree attempted criminal possession of a weapon for the November incident in which Burress, 32, accidentally shot himself in the thigh with a handgun when the weapon slipped down his pants at a nightclub. Burress originally was indicted on two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and one count of second-degree reckless endangerment. If Burress had not reached a plea deal with the prosecution, he would have faced at least 3 1/2 years of prison time if convicted on a felony weapons charge. Thursday's plea comes after a previous attempt at a plea deal was rejected by Burress and his defense team.

Former New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress was indicted Monday in a 2008 shooting incident but the grand jury took a pass on ex-teammate Antonio Pierce. Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said while the New York grand jury indicted Burress on two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one misdemeanor count of reckless endangerment for allegedly shooting himself in a nightclub last November, it returned a no bill on gun-possession charges against Pierce, a Giants linebacker, The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reported. Burress, who was cut by the team in April, will have to surrender or face arrest.