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Teenager held in attack appears in court Posted: Monday September 23, 2002 6:38 PMUpdated: Tuesday September 24, 2002 9:15 PM
CHICAGO (AP) -- The teenager who attacked Kansas City Royals coach Tom Gamboa on the field was ordered Monday to stand trial in juvenile court. A date will be set Tuesday for a trial on a felony charge of aggravated battery. The 15-year-old boy, who was not identified, ran onto the field at Comiskey Park with his father at the Royals-White Sox game Thursday and attacked Gamboa. The teen's attorney, Assistant Public Defender Christopher Swanson, asked the judge to allow the teen to go home with his mother, but the judge ordered him held in a juvenile facility at least until after Tuesday's hearing. During Monday's hearing, the boy, wearing blue jeans and a black and blue T-shirt, stood quietly. His mother, grandmother and other relatives stood nearby. Assistant State's Attorney Catherine Gregorovic outlined how the teenager and his father, William Ligue Jr., ran onto the field during the game and "attacked somebody in front of thousands of people."
During the ninth inning last Thursday night, Gamboa, 54, was coaching first, facing the field, when two shirtless men rushed him from behind. They knocked him to the ground, where they continued to punch and kick him. On Saturday, the teenager's father was held on $200,000 bail. Ligue, 34, faces the same felony charge as his son. During that hearing, Assistant State's Attorney Colleen Daly described the attack as premeditated and that Ligue had even telephoned his sister, telling her to turn the game on her television because he was going to be on.
Daly said the father told police he ran onto the field because he was angry that the White Sox were losing.
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