What Would Jesus Do? Ask Deion Sanders

Associated Press ^ | July 14, 2003 | Associated Press

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Monday, July 14

Former Cowboy sued over auto repair bill

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Press

DALLAS -- Former Dallas Cowboys cornerback Deion Sanders is battling an automotive shop over what he says Jesus told him to pay for a repair bill.

The owner of the repair shop says Sanders wanted to pay only $1,500 of the $4,265.57 bill, saying that Jesus had informed him that was all he needed to pay.

"It's the 'Praise Jesus' discount,'' attorney Ed Edson told The Dallas Morning News in Monday's editions.

Edson said he has been trying to collect the bill from Sanders since 2001 on behalf of Phil Compton, the owner of the car repair business.

Through court filings, the player says the accusations are untrue. Sanders' attorney, Edmund Gomez, did not return a telephone call early Monday from The Associated Press.

The lawsuit was scheduled to go to trial later Monday before state District Judge Joe Cox in Dallas County civil court.

Anthony Montoya, a representative for Sanders, had contacted Compton and told him a 1961 Lincoln Continental convertible needed to be towed to his shop for repairs. The car had been repaired before by Compton.

Papers filed in his lawsuit stated that he and his mechanics installed a new radiator and thermostat, flushed the engine, repaired the car's electrical system and gauges, replaced the starter motor, removed contaminated fuel and rebuilt the carburetor. Mechanics for Magrathea Inc., Compton's company, had replaced gaskets and hoses.

Sanders had approved and Montoya had approved all the repairs, according to the lawsuit. But when the car was returned to the CBS sportscaster's home in Plano on Nov. 5, 2001, Compton said Pilar Sanders, the former Cowboy's wife, "answered the door, took the keys and invoices, started the car to make sure it was working and went back into the locked house, refusing to return the keys or invoices.''

Sanders' bodyguards and housekeepers then moved their cars in front of and behind the Lincoln so that it couldn't be towed back to the garage, the lawsuit stated.

When Sanders drove up, he refused to pay the invoice amount, handing Compton a $1,500 check and saying, "Praise Jesus ... I follow what in my heart I'm told to pay.''

[Lost and Confused]

And now, a new pricing system:

WWJP -- What Would Jesus Pay?

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[mhking]

The WWJD discount?

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!

[bedolido]

Never like that arrogant B$&^%$D Deion Sanders. These people get to full of themselves. Scripture says to owe no man anything... but you should pay for services.

[Carbonsteel]

All the money that idiot has and he can't do any better than using his religion to scam people.

What a sad pathetic man.

[Catspaw]

Why didn't I think of this? Now I can evoke Jesus' name and only have to pay a portion of my utility bill--or any other bill for that matter.

[Zavien Doombringer]

For me being a Christian, I find this being a slap in the face for the church.

If I agree to pay for services, then I pay what I owe, not what I want to pay!

Deon, you are being a poor testimony!

[camle]

"installed a new radiator and thermostat, flushed the engine, repaired the car's electrical system and gauges, replaced the starter motor, removed contaminated fuel and rebuilt the carburetor. "

geez. what DIDN'T they do? one wonders how luch of this work was necessary, and how much is padded.

[bedolido]

Why didn't I think of this? Now I can evoke Jesus' name and only have to pay a portion of my utility bill--or any other bill for that matter.

This approach should NOT be used for the Freep-a-thon.

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

More details: Sanders

[Reeses]

Jesus says the value of a 1961 Lincoln Continental varies substantially by how much gas is in the tank.

[bedolido]

More details: Sanders

What a brilliant (and sensitive) way to say "Already Posted". "I shall endevour to endure" (Chief Dan George, The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976).

[Catspaw]

This approach should NOT be used for the Freep-a-thon.

LOL!

Anyway, Sanders was a Cowboy. I'm a Packer fan. We have a long history, going back to the Ice Bowl.

[camle]

Jesus sez that the 61 connie convert should be given to a freeper named Camle...

[bedolido]

Anyway, Sanders was a Cowboy. I'm a Packer fan

I like the Pack... But I love the Rams. Been a Rams fan since "Crazy Legs Hirsh" and "John Arnet"... also the "Fearsome Foursome"... that means the mid-50's to present day

[usastandsunited]

If this story is true, its no question Deion is in the wrong.
However, what we have appears to be a story built upon some attorney's quote. Why are we so quick to judge him without considering the possibility of slant to this story.

[The_Victor]

If I agree to pay for services, then I pay what I owe, not what I want to pay! Deon, you are being a poor testimony!

I think this is a case of "render unto Ceasar what is Ceasar's."

[Mygirlsmom]

Get it right, Deon. "Give to (Midas) what is (Midas') and to God what is God's." ;o)

[stuartcr]

Just think what a mess we would be in if Jesus has wanted us to vote for Gore!!