Plus-size model and social media influencer Sophie Hall is seeking legal action against Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, alleging he broke her leg at his house.
Hall, who has a huge following of over two million people across her social platforms, is pursuing damages of over $50,000 for a fracture that was so bad it needed to be reconstructed by orthopedic surgery and the implantation of metal hardware.
The legal filing in Broward County Court on Feb. 23 outlines the claim that Hill, apparently “enraged” and “humiliated” during a casual football lesson, acted with “intentional and reckless misconduct” leading to Hall’s “significant harm.”
Hall’s lawsuit against Hill details accusations of battery, assault, and negligence that allegedly occurred at Hill’s mansion in Miami.
Tyreek Hill is facing a lawsuit from influencer Sophie Hall for battery, assault, and negligence, following an incident in a backyard football drill where she claims his ‘crushing force’ charge broke her leg pic.twitter.com/wZAj82ccst
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In her claim, Hall says that initial online interactions with Hill began with flirtatious messaging where Hill teased about her height, which she listed as 6’1 in her social media bio.
After buying a ticket to Hill’s football camp for her son on June 17, 2023, Hill joked that Hall might “tower over everyone” and implied his romantic interest in her by noting that he has been known “to be a good stepdad.”
Hall said that Hill, who was engaged at the time to his current wife Keeta Vaccaro, gave her his contact details after the camp ended.
He also invited Hall to his home, arranging for her flight and transportation for a June 28, 2023 visit.
It was then that Hill invited Hall to partake in offensive line drills after a workout session with his football trainer on his private turf field.
The situation became contentious, as per the court document, when Hill and Hall simulated football maneuvers and she was able to push the professional athlete backwards, leading to playful laughs from onlookers, including Hill’s own family and friends.
The dynamic seemingly shifted after Hall resisted Hill’s next defensive line play, holding her ground. According to the lawsuit, the Miami Dolphin’s player’s “attitude changed and he became angry.”
The final play, where Hall was in the offensive lineman role and Hill acted as the pass rusher, escalated into an alleged forceful collision, when Hill “charged into her violently,” causing an alleged major leg injury.
According to Hall’s account, Hill downplayed the severity of her injury, merely suggesting that she rest and use ice for her leg.
The lawsuit also indicted that while under Hill’s care, he did not “get her any medical attention or treatment.”
It was not until days later that Hall was back home and received a medical assessment, where she received a diagnosis of a right leg fracture.
Despite ongoing physical therapy and specialist interventions, Hall said she still experiences pain and weakness in her leg.
The plaintiff’s documents echo past behavioral issues by Hill, drawing parallels to his controversial history with instances of aggression towards women.
Hill’s background includes a 2014 domestic violence encounter involving his pregnant girlfriend at the time and a 2019 child abuse allegation, which, despite his denial of any wrongdoing, led to a brief suspension by his former team, the Kansas City Chiefs.
Troubled rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, is also being sued in a lawsuit filed by the estate of legendary disco singer Donna Summer.
According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Ye ripped off an unauthorized sample of Summer’s “I Feel Love,” which he used in a single on his recent album “Vultures.”
Donna Summer’s estate has officially sued Kanye West, claiming he made an unauthorized soundalike of her song ‘I Feel Love’ after they denied his request to sample it on his ‘Vultures’ album, TMZ reports. pic.twitter.com/JQl8L8HN4q
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Summer’s representatives said that the controversial rapper asked for permission to sample Summer’s 1977 hit, but denied the request, over his overt antisemitism.
After he was refused, Ye attempted to get around the issue by “creating an interpolation” of the song, rather than using the actual track, but the singer’s estate insisted that the usage still constitutes copyright infringement.
Summer’s heirs contacted Apple and Spotify to pull the song from their platforms, but it had allegedly been streamed millions of times by the time the request went through.
The estate is seeking unspecified, but “major damages,” along with an injunction to disallow further distribution of the single “Good (Don’t Die).”