A lawsuit by a high school senior has been filed to prevent the sale of Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball, which was scheduled to go up for auction Friday with a starting bid at $500,000.
Max Matus, an 18-year-old resident of Broward County, Fla., filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Florida’s 11th Judicial Circuit Court stating that he is the rightful owner of the ball hit by the Dodgers superstar Sept. 19 during a game against the Miami Marlins at LoanDepot Park.
Matus is seeking an injunction preventing the three defendants — Goldin Auctions, LLC, and Florida residents Chris Belanski and Kelvin Ramirez — from “transferring, encumbering, selling, or concealing the 50/50 Ball.