Sports Fisherman, Who Won White Marlin Open, Appeals Finding that He Cheated

The 2016 winner of the White Marlin Open has appealed a U.S. District Court decision, which favored the tournament and its proposition that the man cheated when he caught the fish before the event started.   Plaintiff Philip Heasley, owner of the boat Kallianassa, claimed the ruling “was fundamentally wrong (because) the judge based much of his ruling on a deeply flawed assumption, and discarded facts, evidence and eyewitness testimony that contradicted it.”   Heasley said his atto