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Posted Nov 10th 2009 1:43PM by TMZ Staff
The never-ending auction for the badass DWI recliner-mobile has failed miserably for the second time -- and now the guy who says his winning bid was just a mistake has the Proctor City Attorney after his trigger-happy mouse finger.
Since the chair was being auctioned off by the Proctor Police Department to benefit taxpayers, the police chief emailed the winning bidder to let the guy know a $2,000 deposit on the chair was due ... but all the chief got back was this note:
"I did not mean to bid this amount, as well as I cannot afford this. I am truly sorry for the mix up and the wasted time."
The chief got pissed and called Proctor City Attorney John Bray to check it out. Bray tells us he's looking at the City of Proctor's "legal remedies" about the failed eBay bid ... but says the ideal situation would be for the bidder to cough up the dough.
Stay tuned for more DWI chair drama!
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: dui chair, DuiChair, dwi chair, DwiChair, la-z-boy, la-z-boy dui, la-z-boy-mobile, La-z-boyDui
Posted Nov 6th 2009 3:25AM by TMZ Staff
The famous DWI racing chair just sold for a respectable $10,099.99 on eBay -- but it's a far cry from the $43,000 bid that was placed on Monday ... when the La-Z-Boy corporation busted in and ruined everything.
The La-Z-Boy head honchos were pissed because the incredible machine was being sold under their trademarked name -- so the company killed the Proctor Minnesota Police Department's first attempt to sell the chair earlier this week.
The chair was re-listed the day after the cancellation without the La-Z-Boy named attached -- but the damage was done ... as the bidding frenzy fizzled out last night a whopping $32,900.01 below the original highest offer.
The proceeds of the sale were going to benefit Proctor taxpayers ... so sucks for them.
Tags: chair, department, ebay, la-z-boy, motorized, police, proctor minnesota, ProctorMinnesota, recliner, sale
Posted Nov 2nd 2009 7:00PM by TMZ Staff
Mere hours before bidding was scheduled to end on the infamous DUI La-Z-Boy-Mobile, the motorized recliner suddenly vanished from the auction -- and TMZ has learned it's all because of a battle over its name.
With the price at $43,100 and rising, eBay received a demand letter from the most unlikely of parties -- the La-Z-Boy corporation itself. We're told La-Z-Boy played the trademark card due to the title of the auction "La-Z-Boy DWI Chair" and eBay was forced to pull the auction.
Here's the worst part: the chair was being auctioned off by the Proctor Minnesota Police Department and all profits were to benefit the taxpayers.
We're told La-Z-Boy "felt bad" about stopping the auction -- but hey, business is business.
Fear not motorized chair enthusiasts -- we've learned the cops plan on re-listing the chair in just a few hours.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: auction, dennis leroy, DennisLeroy, ebay, la-z-boy, la-z-boy dui, la-z-boy-mobile, La-z-boyDui
Posted Nov 2nd 2009 1:00PM by TMZ Staff
The dude who got a DUI on a converted La-Z-Boy was literally sitting on a goldmine and he didn't know it -- now his beloved recliner-mobile is currently fetching more than $43,000 in a police auction ... and he won't see a cent of it.
The bid for Dennis LeRoy's infamous La-Z-Boy-Mobile is currently at $43,100 -- and there's less than 24 hours to go.
Cops in Proctor, MN, made a deal with LeRoy to remove one of the DUI's from his record if they could sell the contraption -- but little did they know LeRoy's franken-chair could be worth as much as a brand new Audi A5.
For the record -- a regular, non-motorized recliner usually goes for around 700 bucks.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: dennis leroy, DennisLeroy, dui, dui arrest, DuiArrest, la-z-boy, la-z-boy dui, la-z-boy-mobile, La-z-boyDui
Posted Oct 30th 2009 5:00AM by TMZ Staff
Like a babe being ripped from the arms of its loving mother, the man who got a DUI on a converted La-Z-Boy is now being separated from his cherished creation.
Dennis LeRoy's La-Z-Boy-Mobile is being sold out from under him on eBay by cops in Proctor, Minnesota -- a punishment for LeRoy getting his second DUI while riding the incredible contraption last year.
But all is not lost ... in exchange for removing the chair from the possession of its drunken master, LeRoy will get one of the DUIs taken off his record.
Somewhere, LeRoy is probably listening to "There's a Tear in My Beer" by Hank Williams.
Tags: dennis leroy, DennisLeroy, dui, ebay, la-z-boy, sold
Posted Oct 23rd 2009 12:25AM by TMZ Staff
The dude who was arrested for drunk driving a motorized recliner says he wrecked his kick-ass ride because he was trying to pop a wheelie ... and the CHICK RIDING ON THE BACK OF THE La-Z-Boy threw off his balance!
We just got off the phone with 61-year-old Dennis LeRoy, who told us the only thing harder to do than pop a wheelie on a racing chair after slamming 8 beers is popping a wheelie on a racing chair with a chick on the back after slamming 8 beers.
The added weight must have thrown off LeRoy's already dicey equilibrium -- because the unfortunate passenger ended up getting tossed from the ride and LeRoy ended up slamming into a parked car ... which landed him in the slammer.
Don't forget, people ... tricks are for kids!
Filed under: Train Wrecks, Drunks, Exclusives
Tags: armchair, chair, dennis leroy, DennisLeroy, drunk, dui, la-z-boy
