LeBron James Rejects Free Cake, Baker Wants $3000

LeBron James is treading in familiar waters this week after his arrogant attitude left him in a clash with a Miami baker over a free $3,000 birthday cake. Yes you heard that right a “free” birthday cake that the baker is demanding $3,000 for making.

According to the Miami Herald area baker Alethea Hickman was asked to make the cake for Lebron’s 27th birthday celebration, in return she was promised a bunch of free publicity from a Miami nightspot celebration.

According to party handler Jared Galbut they would not pay for the cake but would consider it a “sponsorship” of the event.

Hickman then agreed to make the cake and even hired extra help during the holiday season to get it done. After the cake was completed Hickman then says everything went wrong:

“I don’t even know where my cake went,” Hickman said. “I was mortified. They had me do it in the middle of the holiday crush and I hired additional people. Someone needs to pay.”

In response Galbut says the cake wasn’t what LeBron James “expected” and therefore he decided to “bring his own cake.” As Galbut so delicately put it:

“I can’t tell LeBron James what birthday cake to eat. It’s LeBron James, for Christ’s sake.”

Continuing his attack against the baker for whom he made an agreement he said of the cost:

“That cake couldn’t be worth more than $600. It’s flour, eggs and water.”

Quickly shooting back against his claim Alethea Hickman noted:

No, it’s not just “flour, eggs and water,” you idiot. It’s “workers, hours, wages, delivery, passed-over revenue streams that were let go so as to service James,” and also “things that go on and in a cake besides flour, eggs and water.”

As to whether Hickman will attempt to recover money from the LeBron James birthday cake fiasco through legal means, it’s still unclear if she would have a case and the negative publicity she could receive might very well hurt her business with wealthier clientele.

Do you think LeBron James should stop acting like an entitled little brat and pay for the cake? $3,000 to LeBron is about the equivalent of 10 minutes play time during a regulation game provided he continues making upwards of $18,000 per outing.