Kicker Josh Lambo filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the Jaguars, seeking his $3.5 million salary plus damages for emotional distress at the hands of the organization and former coach Urban Meyer, Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times reported.
The lawsuit claims that the kicker’s performance suffered due to being kicked and verbally abused by Meyer during the 2021 season. Lambo wants a jury trial and is seeking to earn back pay on his salary and “compensation for any special damages sustained as emotional stress and reputational harm and litigation fees,” the Times reported.
Attached to the lawsuit is a request for documentation from the Jaguars, including communications between employees that may relate to reports of unprofessionalism, bullying and abusive or toxic behavior by the former coach, per Stroud. Also requested are documents from Meyer’s firing and any documents that connect his termination to his behavior in the workplace.
