Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is flagging ESPN and its reporter Adam Schefter for posting his private medical records online to millions of readers, Julia Marsh of the New York Post reports.
Pierre-Paul, 27, sued ESPN and Schefter in a Florida court Wednesday citing a violation of his privacy.
The NFL player blew off a finger in a July 4 fireworks mishap and was treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, according to his lawyers Mitchell Schuster and Kevin Fritz.
Schefter āimproperly obtainedā Pierre-Paulās medical chart showing the defensive end had his right index finger amputated and posting the record on Twitter to nearly 4 million followers, the suit says.
āThis action arises out of ESPN reporter Schefterās blatant disregard for the private and confidential nature of plaintiffās medical records, all so Schefter could show the world that he had āsupporting proofā of a surgical procedure,ā the suit says.
Schefter later admitted he ācould have and should have done even more to protect [Pierre-Paulās] medical records,ā in an interview with Sports Illustrated.
The reporter said he tweeted the image of the medical record to bolster a story about the surgery.