A federal judge in Baltimore, MD will decide the result of a fishing tournament after the winner\u00a0failed two lie-detector tests. \u00a0The tournament rules require winners of $50,000 or more to submit to a polygraph test.<\/p>\n
Philip G. Heasley of Naples, Fla., caught the prize winning 76.5-pound white marlin. \u00a0Heasley was not awarded the prize money and tournament officials\u00a0are asking the judge to grant an order\u00a0allowing them to redistribute the $2.8-million prize to\u00a013 competitors who won in other categories.<\/p>\n
Heasley and three others that were aboard the\u00a0boat when the winning marlin was caught, all failed their\u00a0polygraph tests.<\/p>\n
Most fishing competitions have specific rules about when, where and how fish can be caught – if the fish been caught before 8:30 a.m., it would violate\u00a0tournament rules. \u00a0On a required report,\u00a0it appeared the time of the catch appeared to have been changed from 8:15 a.m. to 9:05 a.m.<\/p>\n
Heasley denies the violation and questioned the soundness\u00a0of the polygraph tests.<\/p>\n
In the early\u00a0years of the tournament, they didn’t rely on polygraph tests and when testing began, some fisherman\u00a0failed, but no one disputed the findings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"