Former Ole Miss offensive tackle Laremy Tunsil is being sued by his stepfather, Lindsay Miller, just days before Tunsil is expected to be taken early in the NFL draft.
A lawsuit filed late Tuesday afternoon at the Lafayette County Courthouse by Miller’s attorney, Matthew Wilson, alleges that Tunsil attacked Miller last June and that Tunsil defamed Miller’s character. The lawsuit alleges these two things were an “intentional infliction of emotional distress.”
Tunsil faced criminal charges last summer when Miller and Tunsil filed domestic violence charges against each other. Tunsil alleged he attacked Miller after Miller attacked Tunsil’s mother, Desiree Polingo, and Miller alleged Tunsil attacked him unprovoked. Both sides dropped the charges last August. The lawsuit filed Tuesday is a civil case.
Miller pleaded not guilty through his attorney about two weeks before the charges were mutually dropped, which occurred on the day of Tunsil’s arraignment.
Miller claimed in a Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office arrest report obtained by The Clarion-Ledger the fight was a result of Miller’s warning Tunsil about having contact with agents.