By Stone Martindale Dec 11, 2007, 18:38 GMT
Actress Cindy Morgan set out to hold a fundraiser at a Chicago area golf club, but now faces lawsuits for breach of contract.
Cindy Morgan - © Scott Alan / Photorazzi
Reporter Steve Schmadeke of the Chicago Tribuner reports that "Caddyshack" siren Lacey Underall, played by Chicago native Cindy Morgan, reunited some of the cast of "Caddyshack" for a charity golf tournament that would raise money for military families.
Things didn't go as planned.
Schmadeke claims the 2006 tournament "raised no money."
Held in July 2006 at the Oak Brook Hills Marriott Resort and Willow Crest Golf Club in west suburban Oak Brook, the corporate sponsored affair was to have "Caddyshack" cast members and sports celebrities like Jim McMahon play with attendees.
What was to happen was a purported $250,000 expected in funds rasied for the Illinois Military Family Relief Fund, a trust that benefits families of National Guard troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Schmadeke interviewed Morgan who claimed she "got in over her head and trusted a professional planner who set a budget for the event that was about triple what it should have been."
"We didn't come out with a profit, what we did was raise awareness," she said, adding that the only reimbursement she received was for a cell phone bill. "I know it's in the red. I feel like a sitting duck. If somebody did something wrong, I'll freakin' kill them myself."
Now the hotel and golf course filed a lawsuit claiming Morgan's non-profit corporation still owes nearly $100,000.
Actor Hamilton Mitchell, Motormouth in the film, sued Morgan in a California court for failing to pay his appearance fee.
Morgan placed some of the blame for the failed event on misfiled non profit paperwork.
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