Los Angeles Chargers defensive tackle Corey Liuget is suing his former trainer for $15 million in damages due to lost wages, pain and suffering caused by his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, according to a document filed in U.S. District Court in California on Tuesday.
#Chargers DT Corey Liuget, represented by Peter Ginsberg, is suing his high-profile athletic trainer, seeking to hold the trainer, former Canadian Olympic bobsledding team member Ian Danney, responsible for the consequences of injecting Liuget with a substance banned by the NFL.
— Ed Werder (@EdwerderRFA) September 18, 2018
According to the 18-page document, Danney told Liuget he was using a high dose of an over-the-counter, anti-inflammatory to treat Liuget’s pain following a Chargers game last season, stemming from prior breaks in the metatarsals in both feet.
However, Liuget claims that Danney lied, injecting him with a banned NFL substance.
According to the suit, both injections occurred in California, where Danney does not have a license to administer injections of any sort or a license to practice any kind of therapy.
Liuget says as a result of the injections he failed an NFL-administered drug test for the first time in his seven-year career.Liuget was suspended earlier this year in March and is eligible to return for his team’s Week 5 contest against the Oakland Raiders
In his lawsuit, Corey Liuget alleges his four-game suspension to start the current season has cost him $15M due to the banned substance Dannet injected. Liuget tested positive two days later. The suit claims Danner works with approximately 60 NFL players.
— Ed Werder (@EdwerderRFA) September 18, 2018
Liuget may be just a little too late trying to set the record straight.
