Judge dismisses Reed's lawsuit vs. Golf Channel

A national justice successful Florida connected Friday dismissed golfer Patrick Reed's $750 cardinal defamation suit against Brandel Chamblee, the Golf Channel and others.

U.S. District Court Judge Timothy J. Corrigan has fixed Reed until Dec. 16 to record an amended complaint. The defendants person until Jan. 13 to respond.

In his ruling connected Friday, Corrigan wrote that Reed "fails to springiness Defendants announcement of the grounds upon which each assertion rests due to the fact that Reed alleges 120 factual allegations, past proceeds to incorporated each 120 allegations into each and each count."

"Reed attempts to allege assorted defamation and civilian conspiracy violations against each Defendant; causes of enactment which necessitate vastly antithetic factual allegations," Corrigan wrote. "The Court is dismissing Reed's Complaint without prejudice. In his amended complaint, Reed is instructed to incorporated into each number lone the factual allegations that are applicable to the respective causes of action."

In the archetypal complaint, Reed's lawyers alleged that Chamblee and Golf Channel conspired with the PGA Tour and commissioner Jay Monahan to defame Reed "since helium was 23 years old" -- 9 years ago.

"Mr. Reed is pleased that the Court sustained diverseness jurisdiction and acceptable a deadline for the Defendants to respond to our soon to beryllium filed amended complaint, which volition adhd yet much defamatory statements that were published aft the archetypal ailment was filed," Reed's attorney, Larry Klayman, said successful a statement. "The bid deals with the signifier of our pleading, which is easy addressed, not the substance of the allegations, which are strong. Mr. Reed and different LIV players person been maliciously defamed, and this lawsuit is designed to enactment an extremity to this, erstwhile and for all."

Reed's allegations included that the defendants conspired "to destruct his reputation, make hate, and a hostile enactment situation for him, with the volition to discredit his sanction and accomplishments arsenic a young, elite, world-class golfer, and the bully and caring person, hubby and begetter of 2 children that helium is."

Reed, the 2018 Masters champion, near the PGA Tour to vie connected the caller LIV Golf circuit this past season. Monahan suspended PGA Tour members who competed successful LIV Golf tournaments without conflicting-event releases. Reed was portion of Dustin Johnson's 4 Aces squad that won LIV Golf's inaugural squad championship. Reed earned much than $12 cardinal successful 7 LIV events.