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Super Bowl MVP Von Miller is spending some of his new money on legal fees.

According to TheSmokingGun.com, Miller has filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking the release of a sex tape generated during a June 2016 visit to Mexico. Per the report, a judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing a woman named Elizabeth Ruiz from distributing, copying, or releasing the tape, which had been recorded on her cell phone.

According to the lawsuit, filed with the Broncos linebacker using a “John Doe” pseudonym, Ruiz allegedly threatened to sell the tape unless “Doe” pays her $2.5 million. The lawsuit also claims that an alleged sex tape broker named Kevin Blatt contacted “Doe” in September, and that a lawyer representing “Doe” called Blatt, who explained that Ruiz had tried to sell the sex tape and that she wanted payment from “Doe” in exchange for not releasing the sex tape. Eventually, lawyers representing both parties met, with the sex tape characterized as “intellectual property” for which Ruiz’s lawyer said she wanted $2.5 million.

It’s not clear how Miller’s identity has been linked to the legal action, but TheSmokingGun.com reports that he is the plaintiff.