A Florida judge has green-lighted Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul’s invasion of privacy lawsuit against ESPN and its reporter Adam Schefter for posting his private medical records online to millions of readers.
The ruling by Miami Dade County Judge Marcia G. Cooke sets the stage for the state’s second high-profile legal battle in a year between a sports star and a media organization over privacy issues. Wrestler Hulk Hogan won a record-breaking $140 million victory over Gawker in March for publishing his sex video.
Pierre-Paul blew his finger off during a July 4 fireworks mishap last year and was treated at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami.