Sporting legend Vincent Edward “Bo” Jackson has been awarded just over $21 million by a Cobb County judge in his civil extortion case against his niece and nephew, whom he accused of relentless harassment and intimidation.
The judgment came Feb. 2 alongside a permanent protective order barring siblings Thomas Lee Anderson and Erica M. Anderson, also known as Erica Anderson Ross, from further bothering or contacting Jackson and his immediate family members. The Andersons must stay at least 500 yards away from the Jacksons and their homes, workplaces and schools, and remove from social media any content about them.
The Andersons are Jackson’s niece and nephew, he said in his complaint against them, filed in April. The lawsuit alleged that Thomas and Erica Anderson, who live in Cobb County and Texas, respectively, tried to extort $20 million from the former professional baseball and football player.
“Unfortunately for those attempting to extort $20 million dollars from Jackson and his family, Bo still hits back hard,” Jackson’s attorneys said in a Feb. 5 press release about the case.