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LIV Golf star Patrick Reed has filed a lawsuit against several media members and outlets, his second in two months against the press.
The 2018 Masters champ is suing the New York Post, Fox Sports, Associated Press, Hachette Book Group and various writers.
Gavin Newsham whose work has appeared in the Post, Doug Ferguson of AP, as well as respected golf writer and author, Shane Ryan, are all defendants in the suit filed Tuesday in Federal court in Jacksonville.
The 32-year-old Texan is seeking damages in excess of $250million dollars, in addition to attorney's fees and other related expenses to bring it before the court.
Reed claims the aforementioned parties are either 'malicious false publications, all of which were designed to severely harm Mr. Reed, his family and colleagues personally and professionally,' or part of them.
Reed, who was among the group of golfers who took multi-million-dollar sign-on fees to join LIV Golf says career switch was 'primarily' motivated by his treatment by the media and a lack of adequate security at PGA Tour events.
LIV Golf star Patrick Reed is suing several media members and outlets in yet another lawsuit
Reed's departure for LIV Golf, which occurred in early June, caused controversy like many before and after. He made his debut at the LIV Golf Invitational Portland at Oregon's Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club.
While some may presume Reed's defection to the Greg Norman-led circuit was for greater financial stability, Larry Klayman -- Reed's lawyer -- contends it was resultant of unrelenting scrutiny and 'mistreatment' by media.
'My client's move to LIV Golf was primarily due to this mistreatment, where adequate security was not even provided at PGA Tour events,' Klayman said in the lawsuit obtained by DailyMail.com.
The suit further contends the mentioned outlets were intentional in their 'malicious and defamatory statements' with regard to their coverage of the Saudi-backed series, LIV Golf. Reed is pictured (right) with wife Justine
'Where hostile fans vilified and threatened Mr. Reed, his wife, caddie, and coach, thanks to the rank defamation and other alleged illegal acts of Defendants in these two recently filed lawsuits.'
The suit further contends the mentioned outlets and writers 'conspired' with the PGA Tour to put forth 'malicious and defamatory statements' regarding LIV Golf, as a means of diminishing its status as a rival to the long-established Tour.
Klayman alleges the golfer has 'lost existing sponsorship deals,' while numerous potential deals fail to occur as a result of intentional and
