Brady's outfit at last night's Met Gala was a hot topic for discussion on social mediaGETTY IMAGES
Among the attendees at the Met Gala last night were TOM BRADY and his wife, GISELE BUNDCHEN, as well as and Patriots Owner ROBERT KRAFT and his girlfriend, RICKI LANDER (BOSTONGLOBE.com, 5/7). ALEX RODRIGUEZ also attended the event with JENNIFER LOPEZ (MLB.com, 5/7).
MORE OLYMPIC NGB ISSUES: Four women have "filed a federal lawsuit" accusing Gold Medal-winning U.S. taekwondo athlete STEVEN LOPEZ and his brother, former Team USA coach JEAN LOPEZ, of "assault, rape and other sexual misconduct." The women "trained with the Lopez brothers." The class action suit also "accuses the USOC and USA Taekwondo of sex trafficking, claiming that the organizations were aware of the Lopez brothers' alleged actions but allowed them to sexually abuse the plaintiffs and numerous other young women, sending them back to competitions and practices" (N.Y. DAILY NEWS, 5/8).
ON THE BIG SCREEN: BRUCE WILLIS will star as boxing trainer CUS D'AMATO in "CORNERMAN," a biopic written and directed by RUPERT FRIEND (DEADLINE.com, 5/7)....ANGELINA JOLIE is teaming with producers TODD BLACK, STEVE TISCH and ABRAHAM TAYLOR to produce "BRIGHT PATH: THE JIM THORPE STORY." Thorpe will be played by MARTIN SENSMEIER (DEADLINE.com, 5/7).
NAMES: A's RF STEPHEN PISCOTTY's mother, GRETCHEN, died at the age of 55 after a battle with ALS, and Cubs Ps YU DARVISH and JON LESTER "showed their support by donating $10,000 each" to a YouCaring fund "started by Piscotty in his mother's honor." The fund is looking to "raise $100,000 and the A's say they will matchup up to $50,000 in donations" (SI.com, 5/8)....Women in Sports & Events will present Raptors President MASAI UJIRI with its Champion Award on June 13 in N.Y. (WISE)....NFL Giants Senior VP/Player Personnel CHRIS MARA “owns a stake in Justify,” which was his first Kentucky Derby winner. Asked if it was comparable to holding the Lombardi Trophy, Mara said, “I would say it’s comparable” (N.Y. POST, 5/8)....Chinese esports team Edward Gaming raised close to $15.7M in a pre-A funding round. Co-leading the round was sports-focused private equity firm Yao Capital, which was co-founded by Basketball HOFer YAO MING (ESPORTSOBSERVER.com, 5/7)....Red Sox RF MOOKIE BETTS learned last week that he is a “distant relative" of MEGHAN MARKLE, the actress who will wed PRINCE HARRY on May 19. Their ancestors are from the "same part of Alabama” (BOSTON GLOBE, 5/8).
