Ugueth Urbina and three friends are accused of beating, hacking and torturing six workers in a dispute allegedly about the disappearance of a pistol from Urbina's ranch. The workers said Urbina directed his friends to repeatedly splash paint thinner and gasoline on them before setting them afire. "Urbina was the one commanding the whole thing," said Bernardo Navarros, 24, whose upper body is covered with thick scar tissue seven months after the incident. Urbina's lawyers say that there was indeed a fight Oct. 15 but that it was between rival groups of workers at his farm and did not involve a gun -- or Urbina. They say the workers fabricated the story to get their hands on Urbina's wealth -- the relief pitcher has earned more than $25 million in his 11-year career, including $4 million last year. "It's all about money," said one of Urbina's lawyers, Jose Antonio Baez, who said his client was the victim of "indirect extortion." Urbina declined to be interviewed.