Richard von Houtman
Trick Daddy might be a better role model.We're predicting at least one use of the word hater in the comments section of this post, so allow us to preface this by saying: We would sacrifice our teenage daughter to Kobe Bryant if that would mean the Heat bringing home a championship. And we'd love to see Dwyane Wade score 55 points a game during the playoffs, which begin for Miami with a Sunday-night game against Atlanta. But we're aware that, with all the ugly allegatio
For those keeping score at home, there are now three lawsuits involving Heat superstar Dwyane Wade and his former partners in an aborted South Florida restaurant chain bearing his name. In June, Riptide first reported that Wade had filed a libel suit in Miami-Dade court against Richard von Houtman, the vociferous British bodybuilder who has made smearing the superstar his full-time job since February. The libel suit hinges on a series of emails von Houtman sent to Heat coach Pat Riley urgin
This week, New Times publishes "Dwyane's Disaster," a cover story about Dwyane Wade's catastrophic partnership with Richard von Houtman, a British baron with a sordid past. Von Houtman has been making wild allegations about the Heat superstar's personal life since their business relationship dissolved.
Two weeks after Wade responded by filing a libel lawsuit in Miami-Dade County, I sat down with him at the Overtown Youth Center, where he and Alonzo Mourning were promoting the annual charity ev
Jacob Katel
This is the face Dwyane Wade makes when you say the words "Richard von Houtman".​Earlier this month, New Times published "Dwyane's Disaster," a feature on the catastrophic business relationship Heat superstar Dwyane Wade formed with Baron Richard von Houtman- an accused wife-beater with druglord ties. In case you were wondering what the Baron thought about our story, he called us up a few days after it was published and declared, "I think you were a bit cruel to me.
Jacob Katel
If this is the face Dwyane Wade makes when you simply mention Richard von Houtman's name, what happens when Wade actually sees him? Projectile vomit?​Ever been in an intimate relationship at work that ended badly? We bet all you wanted to do afterward, in order to escape seeing your thwarted love partner by the copy machine every day at 10 a.m., was find another place to work.They say that a business partnership is a lot like a courtship. And in 2007, Miami Heat demigod -- a
