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Former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin refiled his $100 million dollar defamation lawsuit against Marriott and a hotel employee, moving the case from Texas to Arizona.
Irvin’s attorney Levi McCathern filed a notice of dismissal in a US District Court in Sherman on Monday, court records show.
McCathern said the lawsuit was refiled in Arizona state court on Tuesday, and that the lawsuit now specifically names four hotel employees as well as Marriott.
Court records also show that Marriott gave Irvin copies of the video that shows his encounter with the female employee.
The video played at the news conference shows Irvin talking to a Marriott employee for nearly two minutes and shaking her hand.
The video does not have any audio of the conversation between the two.
Irvin’s attorney said at this point they only have one angle of the interaction, even though they expect there to be more released.
Irvin says he hopes the video shows the public he is telling the truth.
“Here’s the truth. We used to say when we played football ‘the eye in the sky don’t tell no lie’, it’s just the truth,” he said Tuesday. “We talk and tell lies, but the eye in the sky don’t tell no lie.”
Marriott previously filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit claiming that the case did not have jurisdiction in Texas, considering the event happened in Arizona…. (Read more)
