A former football player with the Miami Dolphins has accused the Miami Herald Media Co. as well as the McClatchy Co. of intentionally inflicting emotional distress as well as printing false information pertaining to his prior run-ins with the law.

Filing as a pro se litigant, Dimitri Patterson entered a complaint against the newspaper and its owner in the Middle District of Florida on May 3. The case, which was transferred to the Southern District of Florida on Wednesday, contends the Miami Herald attempted ”to assassinate” Patterson’s character in three articles published about the plaintiff between August 2017 and May 2018.

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