Victim of alleged pay-to-play scheme in Lee County says he was promised ‘something that wasn’t true’

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. —

Max Smith, a 17-year-old baseball player, and his family moved more than 1,000 miles from Ohio to Florida, claiming they were misled by promises made by a baseball academy, which they say disrupted his career and is now prompting legal action.

“I thought this was going to give me the best chance to do something. It was a dream since I was a little kid, and I got lied to. And it’s hard to fulfill that dream,” Max Smith said…

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