In back-to-back July 2025 rulings, the S.D.N.Y. sanctioned Charles Oakley for failing to preserve thousands of text messages after his 2017 MSG ejection, crediting MSG’s expert over Oakley’s and granting an adverse inference. Oakley’s counter-motion for sanctions over alleged MSG spoliation failed after the court accepted a “technical glitch” explanation for lost emails, found no duty to produce texts, and confirmed binder documents had been produced.