ESPN has settled a lawsuit with New York Football Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul who sued ESPN and NFL Insider Adam Schefter for posting his medical records on Twitter last summer.
The lawsuit, filed in Miami Dade County in Florida, alleged that Pierre-Paul’s privacy as well as state medical record statues were violated following Pierre-Paul’s right hand injury following a July 4 fireworks accident. His right index finger had to be amputated.
In a statement ESPN said, “ESPN continues to firmly believe that its reporting about Mr. Pierre-Paul’s July 2015 injury, including the use of a medical chart that definitively described the seriousness of the injury and resulting treatment, was both newsworthy and journalistically appropriate. Despite their different points of view, the parties have agreed to amicably resolve their dispute rather than continue their litigation.”