前NFL球星Terrell Owens在母校见面会上被当场送达诽谤诉状 回应称不担心
位于田纳西州汉密尔顿县Chattanooga市的田纳西大学Chattanooga分校（University of Tennessee at Chattanooga），前NFL外接手、职业橄榄球名人堂成员Terrell Owens于11月6日在这所母校的Mocs Bookstore参加见面会、推广亚马逊Prime Video新推出的纪录片《Terrell & T.O.》时，被当场送达一份联邦诽谤诉讼文件。原告律师Edward Paltzik随后在X发布送达片段并写道「Terrell Owens，你已被送达」，片段自11月8日起疯传；Owens于11月9日在X回应称：「嘿，Edward。不担心。上帝是好的。」
这起诉讼于10月5日由三名年轻人的父亲代为向密西西比南区联邦地区法院提起，三人是Nolan Wells的朋友。Wells现年18岁，今年7月4日在密西西比州Horn Island与朋友出游后失踪，后被发现死亡。据Front Office Sports报道，密西西比州一个大陪审团已决定不对这三名朋友提出刑事指控；多家报道点名的三人为Warren Hudson、Jax Pitalo与Morgan Seymour。
诉状指向Owens在9月26日发布的一条社交帖文：他链接了一段谈话节目《The Trent Out Loud Show》的Instagram视频，并写道「立即逮捕他们！！就是昨天！！」，同时要求逮捕这三名朋友以及密西西比州地方检察官Angel Myers McIlrath。
诉状称，Owens的这条帖文「虚假且带有恶意」，含有对三名原告「毁灭性且影响深远的诽谤性陈述」；诉状写道：「Nolan的死亡是一场意外，不涉及任何犯罪活动」，并称没有任何证据或合理理由支持逮捕三人，因为他们没有做错任何事。诉讼提出的诉由包括诽谤本身（defamation per se）与false light侵犯隐私。代表原告的Paltzik对Front Office Sports表示，Owens此前一直在躲避送达。
需要说明的是，被当场送达诉状只是民事诉讼的一个程序步骤，不代表法院已经认定诽谤成立，诉状中的说法目前仍属指控，案件有待法院审理。GSM不搬运疯传的送达片段，以上内容按诉状经媒体报道的内容与当事双方在X上的公开表态呈现。
Terrell Owens Served With Defamation Lawsuit at College Meet-and-Greet, Responds He Is 'Not Worried'
At the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, former NFL wide receiver and Pro Football Hall of Famer Terrell Owens was served with a federal defamation lawsuit on November 6 while appearing at the Mocs Bookstore on his alma mater's campus for a meet-and-greet promoting the new Amazon Prime Video documentary "Terrell & T.O." Plaintiffs' attorney Edward Paltzik then posted the service clip on X, writing "Terrell Owens, you've been served"; the clip spread widely from November 8. Owens responded on X on November 9: "Hey Edward. Not worried. God is good."
The lawsuit was filed on October 5 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi by the fathers of three young men, friends of Nolan Wells. Wells, 18, went missing during a July Fourth outing with friends to Horn Island, Mississippi, and was later found dead. According to Front Office Sports, a Mississippi grand jury declined to bring criminal charges against the three friends; reports have named them as Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour.
The complaint centers on a September 26 social media post by Owens, in which he linked to an Instagram video from the online talk show "The Trent Out Loud Show" and wrote "ARREST THEM IMMEDIATELY!! LIKE YESTERDAY!!", calling for the arrest of the three friends as well as Mississippi District Attorney Angel Myers McIlrath.
The complaint describes Owens' post as "false and malicious" and says it contains a "devastating and far-reaching defamatory statement" about the plaintiffs. "Nolan's death was accidental and involved no criminal activity," the suit says, adding that there was no evidence or probable cause to arrest the three because they had done nothing wrong. The suit brings counts of defamation per se and false light invasion of privacy. Paltzik, who represents the plaintiffs, told Front Office Sports that Owens had been evading service of the lawsuit.
Being served is a procedural step in a civil case; it does not mean a court has found defamation occurred. The complaint's claims remain allegations, and the case has yet to be heard. GSM does not reproduce the viral service clip; the account above follows the complaint as reported and both sides' public posts on X.
来源：密西西比南区联邦地区法院
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图片来源：图：Terrell Owens资料图，2017年5月2日摄（Collision Conf摄，CC BY 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons），非事发现场画面。/ File photo: Terrell Owens on May 2, 2017 (by Collision Conf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons); not a photo from the incident.
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