Wally Backman’s former girlfriend says the ex-Mets star is a drunk who came home one night and accused her of sleeping with the catcher on the minor league team he now coaches, she claims in a new lawsuit.
Amanda Byrnes also claimed in her complaint and at a press conference Tuesday that Backman roughed her up after getting into a fight with an umpire at a Long Island Ducks game.
“He’s a very controlling and a very sick man,” said Byrnes, who has filed a suit against the team for allowing the former Met “to drink excessively” at the ballpark.