Within the lawsuit, filed within the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court docket in Duval County, Florida on Tuesday, Lambo claimed that right through a tradition in August, Meyer “kicked him within the leg, and used profanity to insult [him] and warn him to make his kicks. In particular, [Meyer] allegedly screamed at [Lambo], ‘Whats up Dips**t, make your f**king kicks!'”
Lambo answered to Meyer, consistent with the swimsuit, telling the trainer, “‘Do not you ever f**king kick me once more!’ [Meyer] answered, “I am the top ball trainer, I will kick you each time the f**okay I need.'”
In step with the Tampa Bay Occasions in December, Meyer denied what Lambo mentioned was once correct.
“Josh’s characterization of me and this incident is totally misguided, and there are eyewitnesses to refute his account,” Meyer informed the paper. “(Basic supervisor) Trent (Baalke) and I met with him on a couple of events to inspire his efficiency, and this was once by no means introduced up. I used to be totally supportive of Josh right through his time with the crew and want him not anything however the most productive.”
The lawsuit alleges that Lambo knowledgeable the Jaguars in regards to the incident thru his agent, Richard Irvin, however the crew “didn’t start up an investigation” nor “intrude within the shut operating prerequisites” between the 2.
The swimsuit claims that Meyer “initiated a trend of harassment, and created a adverse paintings setting.” The previous trainer threatened to chop Lambo, the swimsuit asserts, “if he ever objected to his conduct or challenged his authority once more.”
The grievance mentioned that Meyer endured to annoy the kicker verbally and used “intimidation ways to distract [him] whilst he practiced kicks.” Lambo “felt the tension” of the trainer’s “retaliatory movements, which affected [Lambo’s] skill to sleep, follow, and carry out his process as he had in earlier seasons beneath other coaches,” according to the grievance.
CNN has reached out to Meyer and the Jaguars for remark.
Jacksonville lower Lambo in October after the kicker neglected all 3 of his field-goal makes an attempt within the first 3 weeks of the 2021 season. The swimsuit mentioned his neglected discipline targets “didn’t reason any losses for the Jaguars.”
In step with the submitting, Lambo’s free up allegedly violated the Florida Personal Sector Whistle-blower’s Act “relating to attack, battery, and place of job violence in furtherance of an employer’s hobby.”
After he was once lower, the lawsuit alleges that Lambo “suffered skilled ramifications together with misplaced wages, advantages and different remuneration, in addition to excessive emotional and psychological misery as a result of the harassment, adverse paintings setting, and retaliation” by way of the Jaguars.
Lambo is looking for “again pay” damages. In step with Spotrac, Lambo’s wage for the 2021 season was once $3.5 million.
The Jaguars fired Meyer in December after best 13 video games (2-11) in his first NFL training season.
On the time of his firing, crew proprietor Shad Kahn mentioned in a observation, “Thorough research of the whole lot of City’s tenure with our crew, I’m bitterly upset to reach on the conclusion that a direct alternate is crucial for everybody. I knowledgeable City of the alternate this night. As I said in October, regaining our accept as true with and recognize was once crucial. Regrettably, it didn’t occur.”
