Tie "Lakshmi Mittal" Domi

Apparently in addition to his skills, albeit limited, as a hockey player, Tie Domi is apparently a commodities broker. Among the sordid details of Domi's alleged infidelity is the following quote from his estranged wife, Leanne:

Domi's secret life: commodities broker :

"Tie assured me that Belinda was nothing more than an important 'business contact' and said I should be nice to her since she held the key to an important and lucrative deal . . . involving the supply of steel to Magna . . . and he stood to make monumental commissions."

When this hit the papers I hope alarm bells were going off in the Magna communications and investor relations departments. I'm no expert, but I'm guessing that Magna has better suppliers of steel than Tie Domi.

Perhaps its just me, but the idea that a publicly traded company would be making significant supplier deals with a washed-up NHL enforcer and his girlfriend - who happens to be the former president - is a disaster waiting to happen. Perhaps Tie was just feeding his wife a story, but if I were Magna, I'd be checking all the closets for skeletons.

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