APDALLAS - Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin is being sued by a contractor who claims the former Dallas Cowboys star grabbed his arm and injured him during a dispute over a $2,800 payment.
Shawn Vandergrift was hired to install a fountain at Irvin’s Plano home. He is seeking unspecified damages stemming from the December argument, according to court records.
Irvin told The Dallas Morning News the allegations were “blackmail.”
“I have not touched anyone,” he told the newspaper. “The lawsuit is the first I heard about aggravating an old injury.”
The suit claims that Irvin grabbed Vandergrift, who attorneys say suffers from hip pain, and jerked his body as he tried leaving. Irvin had begun “screaming and shouting” after Vandergrift said he was owed payment for the work, according to the lawsuit.
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