[4] After graduating from Boston College Law School, Sullivan spent two years in the United States Army during the Vietnam War as a captain.
The usual remedy for such an illegal deal would be to rescind it, however it the Court found that it wouldn't be appropriate in this case because of the amount of time that had passed.
[13] Hours prior to the final regular season game, Sullivan suspended Fairbanks for breaking his contract by agreeing to become head coach for the University of Colorado.
Dates planned for Pittsburgh were cancelled and by early October, the time of the shows in Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, a total of 50,000 tickets had gone unsold.
Officially the reason was that Jermaine was too sick with the flu to perform, but there was some speculation that slow ticket sales played a role as well.
Immediately afterwards, he suffered a minor heart attack, and left the hospital early to renegotiate with the Jacksons again, claiming losses of $5–6 million.
The Patriots had lost money despite making Super Bowl XX in 1986 and selling out all of its games at the highest ticket prices during the 1986 season.
[35] On November 6, 1987, the Massachusetts Land Court ruled that Connecticut Bank and Trust could sell Sullivan Stadium at auction.
[42] Since leaving the Patriots, Sullivan has practiced corporate law in New York City, run an event management business, and consulted for Veritone, an artificial intelligence company.
[43][44] In 1998, Sullivan's license to practice law in New York was suspended indefinitely after he informed officials investigating allegations that he failed to return or misappropriated $1.4 million in investor funds that he was too ill to complete their interviews.
[45] On April 5, 2002, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Sullivan of taking part in a $52 million investment scam with Dreyfus Corporation fund director Martin Fife, Raymond James Financial broker Dennis Herula, and British citizen Michael Clarke.
[46][47] On November 7, 2006, Sullivan agreed to pay back $910,884 in profits, $402,961 in interest, and a civil penalty of $120,000 to settle the case.