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"&lt;img alt=\"03-21-14-bennett-dog-tmz\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2014/03/21/03-21-14-bennett-dog-tmz-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's a good thing &lt;strong&gt;Seattle Seakhawks&lt;/strong&gt; superstar &lt;strong&gt;Michael Bennett&lt;/strong&gt; just signed a brand new $28.5 million contract ... 'cause a judge just ordered him to PAY UP for abandoning a puppy last year, TMZ Sports has learned. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We broke the story ... &lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2013/11/16/michael-bennett-abandoned-his-puppy-for-10-months-owes-shelter-5-000-nfl-seatle-seahawks-tampa-bay-bucc/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Bennett was sued by the Lucky Dog Boarding Facility&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; ... after the 6'4\" defensive lineman dropped off his boxer, Koa ... and never came back for the little guy.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lukcy Dog said they tried like hell to get ahold of Bennett, but he kept blowing them off ... and never even paid the bill.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now a Florida judge has ordered Bennett to pay up $8,268.80 asap ... or else.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI -- the judge also said Bennett will have to pay interest for every day he continues to duck the bill at a rate of 4.75% &amp;#160;per year.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If he doesn't pay up, a collections agency could try to seize his assets.&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We reached out to Bennett for comment. So far, no word back."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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