Yankees Fan Sues for Defamation After Falling Asleep at Red Sox Game

A Yankees fan who fell asleep at the April 13th Yankees-Red Sox game is now suing the Yankees, Major League Baseball and ESPN for defamation, following the live airing of the napping fan on ESPN and later posting of the video on mlb.com.  The plaintiff is seeking $10 million in damages after the “unending verbal crusade.”

Smoking Gun has a copy of the complaint. 

 The New York Times,  NY Post, and ABA Journal have coverage.

– SBS

PS.  The Yankees won, 3-2.