Giants’ Pierre-Paul sues ESPN, Schefter for posting records

By The Associated Press

Posted Feb 25, 2016 01:42:36 AM.

Last Updated Feb 25, 2016 02:20:11 AM.

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NEW YORK, N.Y. – Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $15,000 in damages against ESPN and reporter Adam Schefter for posting his medical records.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Miami Dade County in Florida, alleges that Pierre-Paul’s privacy was violated — as was Florida’s medical records statute — by the report last summer after the player severely injured his right hand in a fireworks accident on July 4.

The New York Post first reported the lawsuit Wednesday night.

According to Pierre-Paul’s lawyers, Mitchell Schuster and Kevin Fritz, Schefter “improperly obtained” the defensive end’s medical chart, which showed he had his right index finger amputated at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. Schefter posted a photo of the record on Twitter, where he has more than 4.5 million followers.

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