Victor Wembanyama Jersey exchanges explains: the viral moment, the auction and the legal action

When Victor Wembanyama Jerseys exchanged with a young fan after the 96-87 victory of the San Antonio Spurs against the Brooklyn Nets in the Barclays Center won against the Brooklyn Nets on December 27, a viral picture created the Internet.

What follows has transformed a sweet interaction into a hotly discussed topic that reached the Supreme Court of New York.

We know the following about the situation.

How did the jersey exchange happen?

The five-year-old boy who wore a tiny Spurs Wembanyama jersey, and his father visited the game with a sign with the inscription “Victor Wembanyama do you exchange jerseys with me?” After the game, they were invited to the square where the exchange was carried out in front of cameras, with the young Wembanyama's game playing with the games from the games of 7-foot-3 Wembanyama the strange small replica.

Best Jersey exchange of all time 🥹 pic.twitter.com/mcjxjqxlji

– San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) December 28, 2024

What happened to the game -related jersey after the boy was given?

On January 14th it was announced that the jersey on January 22 would be an article in the Goldin 100 auction opening with a starting offer of 10,000 US dollars. This triggered a public counter reaction. Many people who found the original interaction so lovable felt that it was uncomfortable to display the talented jersey so quickly. However, those who defended the move pointed out that the jersey would probably bring in a significant amount of money for the family and possibly have a life -changing effect on the child.

What did Wembanyama think that his jersey would become auction?

The day after the announcement of the auction, Wemby Quote tweeted the news and added a crying emoji. So he didn't seem to be satisfied with the decision.

😭

– Wemby (@wemby) January 15, 2025

What did the jersey sell for?

On February 22nd days after it became known that Wembanyama had suffered an injury at the end of the season-the auction with the Jersey closed for $ 73,200. While an important sum, nine jerseys used by Wembanyama have the official NBA auction partner, Sotheby's, including its first all-star game jerseys, which was sold for $ 228,600. On February 24th. The record sales for a record sale for Wembanyama game consumption. Jersey. Jersey exchanged part of a viral moment, it was nothing remarkable about his performance (19 points, seven rebounds, four assists, six blocks), and this evening it was still a milestone game. Combine this with the negative public feeling for the sale and its latest injury, and the result was a value that had not completed the previous top animal jerseys.

What did the seller keep the sale?

On Monday, after the auction was completed, Frankie Desideri Sr., the father of the boy who had exchanged jerseys with Wembanyama, submitted a lawsuit for temporary injunction against gold incision about the Supreme Court of New York, to stop the sale, as he was reported by CLCT for the first time. In the documents that Desideri had submitted, he said that “several attempts to withdraw from the auction (sic) were made”. He also said that Goldin used pictures of him and his son to promote the auction, “despite clear instructions that no pictures are associated with the sale”, which “caused by” widespread exposure and emotional damage “, as a result of” public testing and harassment “, stated that his son had” severe emotional distress, the basketball games, and the basketball games, and the basketball games, and Assumption that he had his popular players after the sale of him after the sale. Desideri said it was the use of her pictures, which prompted him to revoke the auction's approval before the conclusion. In addition, the submission said that the jersey had been given to the boy, which owns him alone and that “according to New York law, in which minors were involved, are invalid at the discretion of the legal legal guardian”.

In Goldin's court files as an answer, the company said two days after the exchange with Goldin that Desideri had “voluntarily and without a request” to conclude a consignment agreement to auction the jersey. It also accused Desideri, “experienced the repentance of the seller”. The submission states that the jersey “sold, paid for and shipped to the buyer” before Goldin was made aware of the suit. It also claimed that the company should not be quite subject to New York because it is based in New Jersey.

Goldin said this on February 14th: “Mr. Desideri wrote an SMS to his shipment director and was concerned that the auction may not put a sales price of $ 50,000 in the shade. “A screenshot of this text was included in the company's submissions. It continued that on February 21, one day before the auction “Goldin received a letter from a lawyer who represented the petent, in which Goldin withdraw the jersey from his auction.

“It seems that Mr. Desideri has changed his opinion about the auction because he was concerned about the price of the jerseys when Mr. Desideri's sudden change of heart after an announcement the previous day that Victor Wembanyama had a blood clot came to the right and would miss the rest of the season,” said Goldin.

Where is the jersey now?

According to Goldin, the buyer paid the jersey for the jersey on February 23 and it was sent to it the next day.

Who bought the jersey?

The identity of the buyer in such auctions is never made public, unless this person decides to make himself known. After the sale, a rumor spread on social media that Wembanyama bought the jersey back, but Goldin's court records said that the jersey was sent to the buyer in Maryland, which excludes the buyer as a wembanyama.

What happens next?

The court rejected the temporary injunction at a hearing on Thursday, said Jonathan Parente, partner at Alston & Bird and legal advisor from Goldin. However, the lawsuit remains and is to be continued in March, with the data for 12th and 13th place.

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