Matt Lindland sued for stealing marijuana plants

Yep it's as weird as it sounds.  

http://wweek.com/portland/blog-26657-juicy_suits_ultimate_fighter_matt_the_law_lindland_sued_for_alleged_stolen_marijuana.html

Ultimate fighter and former Republican political candidate Matt "The Law" Lindland is being sued for allegedly stealing six mature marijuana plants.

In a suit filed March 3 in Multnomah County Circuit Court, plaintiff Gonzalo Aldana Gamboa claims Lindland offered last year to let Gamboa grow pot under the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program on Lindland's property in Eagle Creek.

According to the lawsuit, Gamboa registered the grow site with the state of Oregon and harvested six mature plants last October. Lindland helped load the plants into a U-Haul truck and told Gamboa he was moving them to his shed to dry, the lawsuit says. But when Gamboa returned a month later, Lindland would not allow him to collect his harvest, the lawsuit says.

Lindland, who lost a 2008 run for state House District 52 as the GOP nominee, has not yet responded to email and phone messages seeking comment.

The suit, filed by Portland lawyer William Macke, seeks $122,880 for the lost marijuana plants.

Gamboa's lawsuit is similar to a breach of contract claim filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court last December in which a grower is suing his business partner for $127,000 to cover his share in a medical-marijuana grow. 

Under Oregon law, medical-marijuana growers can charge patients to cover the expense of growing. But growers are forbidden under the law from turning a profit. Several lawyers we interviewed questioned whether the lawsuit filed in December will hold up in court.

Macke acknowledges his client was forbidden from profiting off the pot plants. Nonetheless, Macke says his client is suing for the estimated street value of the lost weed.

"There is an economic value," Macke says. "I think it could be argued that that's what it's worth."

On determing the weed's value, Macke adds: "It may be a little bit of a long shot legally."

haha, that doesnt surprise me. after all, i once watched COPS and saw a lady call the police because a drug dealer sold her fake crack.

I wonder how much of that MaryJane Lindland keeps for himself anyways! I gotta say it's just getting worse and worse for those boys up in Oregon - atleast Chael Sonnen is still competitive, Lindland keeps getting KO'd and now this....

I have to think/wonder as to the real reasons Randy left and started his own gym - perhaps things like this were going on long long ago and the law is just catching up to them, not to mention Randy has always been a pretty stand-up guy.

No wonder why he gets knocked out lately...probably stoned when he fights

Most people at Team Quest are nuts. Chael Sonnen, Matt Lindland, Mayhem Miller [well he left but Team Quest but still...], Jesse Taylor... Sokodjou probably even did something crazy. Luckily for them, Dan Henderson balances everything out.

Pass the dutchee on the left hand side!