Madison Square Garden Can Pursue Fraud Claims Against Ex-Usher

MSG Entertainment Group LLC can proceed with counterclaims of fraud against one of its former ushers, who the company asserts intentionally misrepresented his birth year to prevent a background check from revealing his criminal history.

MSG presented sufficient facts to show that Stevie Robinson, a level-three sex offender, “had both the motive and the opportunity to commit fraud,” Judge Lewis J. Liman of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York said in a Tuesday order, partially denying Robinson’s bid to dismiss MSG’s counterclaims.

But MSG’s unjust enrichment claim fails, since the company doesn’t allege Robinson’s work ...