Ryan Kennedy, the Detroit Lions fan allegedly grabbed by Stealers wide receiver DK Metcalf last year, has filed a $100 million defamation suit against Shannon Sharpe and Chad Johnson.
In December of last year, DK Metcalf, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, was suspended for two games after he engaged in “conduct detrimental to the NFL for initiating a physical confrontation with a fan.” Metcalf claimed that Ryan Kennedy used a racial slur, which Kennedy vehemently denied. According to Sports Illustrated, Kennedy filed suit against former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson’s media company along with Shannon Sharpe for making disparaging remarks about Kennedy on the Nightcap podcast. The lawsuit also includes DK Metcalf and others.
“The lawsuit alleges that Johnson, appearing on the widely-viewed ‘Nightcap’ podcast co-hosted
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