Check out the claims in the Times article. It sounds like Lavar doesn't have that much of a case, at least as far as things look from the outside.
The extra 6.5 mil bonus would be in addition to a 6.5 mil bonus ALREADY in the contract. That makes the bonus too big to be true, according to the times. The whole thing is very weird. Check out the article:
http://www.washtimes.com/sports/2004...4725-6069r.htm