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Former baseball team owner proposes $6.5M settlement as Gastonia fights to reclaim parcels

The parking lot adjacent to CaroMont Health Park The parking lot adjacent to CaroMont Health Park at 137 N. Trenton St. in Gastonia's FUSE District that is controlled by Brandon Bellamy's limited liability company. The city, public and the Ghost Peppers have not been able to use the parking lot. (Melissa Key)

GASTONIA, N.C. — Gastonia’s contentious legal battle with the ownership group behind the defunct Gastonia Honey Hunters appeared to be at an end in December 2023, when the summer league baseball team was evicted from the city-owned ballpark.

Two-and-a-half years later, the fight continues.

And, according to documents filed in a related, ongoing bankruptcy case, the entity led by Honey Hunters owner Brandon Bellamy has suggested the price to settle the litigation is $6.5 million.

Why would the city pay?

Read the full story on CBJ’s website here.

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