Former St. John's assistant men's basketball coach Steve DeMeo filed a federal wrongful termination lawsuit against the school and Red Storm head coach Mike Anderson on Thursday.
DeMeo, who was fired in June, alleged his dismissal came after he informed Anderson he'd need time off because of further medical procedures related to a heart condition, a mitral valve prolapse, that previously required surgery to fix an irregular heartbeat.
"There were still procedures that needed to be done. I got the sense that when I told [Anderson] that, things went south," DeMeo told Kevin Sweeney of Sports Illustrated.