Teen Sues High School For Kicking Him Off Baseball Team Some guys are just early bloomers, I guess. By the time he was 16, Los Angeles native Cole Bartiromo had already committed stock fraud to the tune of $91,000. The next year, he ran an online betting scam that he used to pull in over a million bucks. Needless to say, the Feds caught up with him and he was quickly busted and forced to pay back the cash. While all this was happening, Trabuco Hills High School administrators decided to revoke his ability to play on the school baseball team, for obvious reasons. Bartiromo didn't take that too well, claiming that he was intending to become a pro baseball player and scouts needed to come see him on the diamond. He levied a $50 million lawsuit against the school district that was summarily dismissed.