Jets linebacker Lorenzo Mauldin is being sued by a man who says he was severely beaten by the 2015 draft-pick inside a Manhattan nightclub in April.
The plaintiff, 22-year-old Jean Lopez, filed a lawsuit against Mauldin and other individuals, alleging that he was pummeled inside Chelsea’s Highline Ballroom after he spilled Champagne on Mauldin, according to the New York Post.
Lopez’s lawyer, Glenn Race, told the newspaper that his client was leaving the nightclub when he was hit in the face by the 6-4, 259-pound inside linebacker and suffered “multiple maxillofacial fractures” and needed “numerous plates” installed to repair the damage.