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"The Gold Club had a default judgment of $344,000 erased in its suit against a manager who allegedly routed money away from the company and depleted its assets.<br /><br />As previously reported, Fannett Entertainment (Gold Club) filed a lawsuit June 14 in Jefferson County District Court against Jerry Golding.<br /><br />Court records show that on Aug. 1 Fannett Entertainment filed a motion for entry of default judgment, stating that Golding failed to answer the suit on or before July 23.<br /><br />Judge Milton Shuffield, 136th District Court granted the motion on Aug. 7, awarding Fannett Entertainment a judgment of $344,000.<br /><br />However, on Sept. 5 Golding filed a motion for new trial, claiming that he lives out of state, never received the lawsuit and not simply did not know he was being sued.<br /><br />Two weeks later, Judge Shuffield granted Golding&rsquo;s motion for new trial, court papers say.<br /><br />According to the complaint, Fannett Entertainment claims Golding did not properly record the company&rsquo;s profits and losses in addition to routing money away from the business.<br /><br />When Fannett Entertainment made attempts to obtain the complete record keeping books for the company, Golding refused to return them to the company, according to the complaint.<br /><br />Fannett Entertainment claims Golding breached his contract with the company.<br /><br />Anthony Malley III of Moore Landrey in Beaumont represents it.<br /><br />Golding is represented by Daniel Mabry, attorney for the Beaumont law firm Strong Pipkin Bissell &amp; Ledyard.<br /><br /><em>Case No. D192-567</em>"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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