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Patrick Reed is the latest member of LIV Golf to turn from the course to the court after he filed a defamation lawsuit against The Golf Channel and commentator Blundell Chamblee on Tuesday.
The central allegation in Reed's allegations is that Chamblee and Golf his channel conspired with his PGA Tour and Commissioner Jay Monahan to accuse Reed of "starting when he was 23" nine years earlier. was slandered by
Reed's allegations include "misreporting information in reckless disregard for falsehoods and/or truth, i.e. with real and constitutional malice; misleading the public by omitting important facts; actively targeting (Lead) for subversion.” creating his reputation, hatred, and a hostile work environment.
In January 2020, Reed's attorneys sent Chambly a cease and desist letter requesting that Reed not repeat accusations of misconduct during the tournament. rice field. Reid claimed that he was the 2019 hero at the World Challenge and that he received a two-stroke penalty for improving his lie in a bunker, although he did not intend to do so.
Chambly has blamed Reed for years not only for the cheating allegations, but also for his decision to move from the PGA Tour to his LIV Golf earlier this year. continued.
Reed claims that Chamblee's comments led fans to heckle him and call him a cheater in tournaments.
Reed apparently felt that Monaghan and the Tour were after him, even though he has nine PGA Tour titles to his name.
According to the lawsuit, "Mr. Read was constructively dismissed as a member of the PGA Tour in June 2022 despite his outstanding world-class golf performance. It was (sic) Commissioner Jay Monaghan and his PGA Tour have signed LIV Golf.”
The PGA Tour will indefinitely suspend members who played in the first LIV event in June without the Tour's consent. stopped at Reed did not attend LIV until his second event on his schedule of eight tournaments in North Plains, Oregon last month. As a result, he was suspended.
Reed's complaint was filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas in his hometown of Houston.
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