Kimball Perry of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports the Bengals may garnish the paychecks of player Adam Jones to pay off a $250,000 debt he owes for defaulting on high-end car leases, a Hamilton County Judge ruled Thursday. Attorneys for the Bengals cornerback, who now is injured and not playing, argued Thursday before Common Pleas Court Judge Ralph "Ted" Winkler that the $250,000 he has been ordered to pay to a New York car company is invalid because Jones never was served with the legal paperwork that proved that judgment was transferred to Hamilton County. In 2008, Elegante Leasing Co. won a judgment in New York when a judge there ruled Jones defaulted on leases for a 2005 Lamborghini Gallardo Coupe and a 2006 Bentley Flying Spur, the New York judge ruled Jones owed the car company $240,925 because he stopped making payments and crashed the Bentley but didn't pay for its repairs. "This judgment has been on for almost a year," Winkler said Thursday, noting that the legal order properly was transferred from New York to Hamilton County. Winkler signed a Dec. 1 garnishment that ordered the Bengals to use Jones' paychecks to pay off the debt. Jones' salary this year with the Bengals is $545,000. Source: Cincinnati Enquirer
