Odell Beckham Jr. sued for $15 million in alleged assault, NY Giants WR's lawyer responds

The attorney for New York Giants star wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. calls a $15 million lawsuit against his client "frivolous" and his legal team is prepared to "vigorously defend against these outlandish and unsubstantiated claims."

A TMZ report posted Friday detailed a lawsuit filed by Ishmael Temple alleging he was assaulted by a member of Beckham’s security detail at a residence in January. No police charges were filed, but apparently Temple believes Beckham should be held responsible.

Daniel E. Davillier, a New Orleans-based lawyer who represents Beckham, released a statement Friday night to The Record and NorthJersey.com denying any wrongdoing by his client.

“This guy claims somebody assaulted him to near death, but there’s no police report, no hospital record, no evidence of an actual injury, and he asserts that Odell is responsible," Davillier wrote in an email. "This is clearly a frivolous lawsuit. We’ll see him [Temple] in court.”

Here is the statement from Davillier, in full: "This is getting old. The filing is full of falsehoods and misinformation, and Mr. Beckham’s legal team is fully prepared to vigorously defend against these outlandish and unsubstantiated claims. Mr. Beckham denies any business or other relationship with plaintiff, and further denies any wrongdoing whatsoever. Ishmael Temple has expressly acknowledged in his own lawsuit that Odell Beckham, Jr. never once touched him; and yet, Mr. Beckham is being sued for an alleged altercation that definitively did not involve him at all. In January, 2018, Mr. Temple arrived drunk and belligerent at a third-party, private residence at which Mr. Beckham was also present, among others. Mr. Temple made threatening remarks to several attendees, at which point he was repeatedly asked to leave. When he refused, and aggressively threatened yet another attendee, he was involved in a fight with that person. The situation was diffused, and Mr. Temple was escorted off the premises.

"Even though Mr. Temple agrees that Mr. Beckham was in no way involved in the physical altercation, neither as a participant nor as an instigator, he nevertheless demanded money from Mr. Beckham, and has now filed a meritless suit against him.

Veteran attorney, Daniel Davillier said that they are confident that Mr. Beckham has no legal liability to Mr. Temple, and they have no intention of giving in to what amounts to a shakedown attempt.

This guy claims somebody assaulted him to near death, but there’s no police report, no hospital record, no evidence of an actual injury, and he asserts that Odell is responsible. This is clearly a frivolous lawsuit. We’ll see him [Temple] in court.”

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