With top NFL Draft prospect Laremy Tunsil just hours from becoming a professional football player, his stepfather has filed a civil lawsuit against the Ole Miss product stemming from a June 2015 altercation, The Clarion-Ledger reported Wednesday.
Tunsil was arrested on domestic violence charges for allegedly punching his stepfather, Lindsay Miller, while defending his mother. Charges filed by both sides were dropped in August. But now Miller alleges Tunsil was unprovoked and is suing for “intentional infliction of emotional distress” because of the attack and defamation of his name.
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According to the report, Miller’s lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages, attorney fees, pre- and post-judgment interest and all costs associated with the suit because of “past, present, and future bodily injury, pain & suffering, severe emotional distress, medical costs, damage to reputation, and/or other types of damages that he has incurred (and will likely continue to incur).