Cleveland Browns owner tries to avoid Alabama Deposition

The owner of the Cleveland Browns NFL team is trying to avoid testifying in an Alabama court case. Jimmy Haslam and his brother, Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, are accused of cheating customers at the Pilot Flying-J truck-stop chain the two co-own. Mobile based Wright Transportation is one of several companies suing the Haslam’s and their Knoxville-based Pilot Flying J. The brothers and their company are accused of trying to cheat customers out of promised discounts and rebates. The Tennessean newspaper reports Jimmy Haslam filed a motion after an Alabama judge ordered his deposition. Ten former Pilot employees have pleaded guilty in the scheme, and the company's former president and several others face trial next year in federal court. Jimmy Haslam has denied any previous knowledge of the alleged fraud or any personal wrongdoing.