Former Texas Tech football player claims he didn't leak nude photos of Lubbock meteorologist

Chet Pharies, a former outside linebacker for Texas Tech University and owner of Carpet Tech in Lubbock, claims that an anonymous user on the online forum site Topix.com used his name to post photos allegedly showing Nikki-Dee Ray, former chief meteorologist at KLBK, and make disparaging remarks about Pharies and his personal life in January, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported. In a petition filed in a state district court in Lubbock, Pharies vows to reveal the person who posted the photos by subpoenaing Topix.com for the user's IP address. less Chet Pharies, a former outside linebacker for Texas Tech University and owner of Carpet Tech in Lubbock, claims that an anonymous user on the online forum site Topix.com used his name to post photos allegedly ... more Photo: Screenshot Via Facebook Photo: Screenshot Via Facebook Image 1 of / 18 Caption Close Former Texas Tech football player claims he didn't leak nude photos of Lubbock meteorologist 1 / 18 Back to Gallery

A Lubbock businessman is trying to find the person who connected him with a series of photos purporting to show a Lubbock meteorologist nude that leaked online in January and caused a stir locally, according to media reports.

Chet Pharies, a former outside linebacker for Texas Tech University and owner of Carpet Tech in Lubbock, claims that an anonymous user on the online forum site Topix.com used his name to post photos allegedly showing Nikki-Dee Ray, former chief meteorologist at KLBK, and make disparaging remarks about Pharies and his personal life in January, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported.

In a petition filed in a state district court in Lubbock, Pharies vows to reveal the person who posted the photos by subpoenaing Topix.com for the user's IP address.

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"Certain statements and representations have been made referencing Chet Pharies," Pharies' lawyer Andrew Curtis tolkd the Avalanche-Journal. "The statements and representations are entirely false and without merit. At this time the Pharies family is performing an investigation to determine the source of the false statements and representations. This lawsuit is but one step in that process."

On Feb. 7, Pharies shared a quote from former Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson on his Facebook page: "I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them."

The Lubbock District Clerk's office did not respond to multiple email requests to provide the petition, which is not accessible online. Ray did not return an email request for comment.

Ray now works at the Richmond, Va., CBS affiliate WTVR, according to her Facebook page.

Pharies has 90 days to serve a defendant, state District Judge Les Hatch told the Avalanche-Journal. No subpoena has been filed, according to the newspaper.

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