Actor Michael Rapaport is suing Barstool Sports, its president and two on-air personalities, alleging defamation for tweets and a tee shirt design that he said imply that he has herpes.
Rapaport, 48, used to work with the company but was fired in February after tweeting an insult at a super fan of the site, saying those who call themselves 'stoolies' have 'already lost in life.'
Barstool Sports' president David Portnoy responded in a statement to TMZ, calling Rapaport 'an unhinged lunatic.'
'Michael Rapaport is a loser,' Portnoy said. 'There is nothing worse than somebody who claims to be the king of trash talk and then cries when people respond in kind.'
Portnoy is personally named in the lawsuit, along with staff members, Adam Smith ('Smitty') and Kevin Clancy ('KFC').
Michael Rapaport is suing Barstool Sports, its president David Portnoy and two on-air personalities, Adam Smith ('Smitty') and Kevin Clancy ('KFC'), alleging defamation for tweets and a tee shirt design that he said imply that he has herpes; Rapaport is pictured here Rapaport visiting the SiriusXM Studios on September 12 in New York City
The Higher Learning star's lawsuit claims Barstool Sports staff called him a 'herpe having, race baiting, D-list actor' and 'old crusty herpe.'
He alleges this amounts to defamation because he 'does not suffer from herpes,' and Rapaport is seeking unspecified damages on that claim.
The lawsuit also includes a breach of contract claim, asserting that his firing was unlawful. Rapaport claims that Barstool failed to pay him 'hundreds of thousands of dollars' that he said is owed to him, TMZ reported.
Barstool came out with and sold a tee shirt featuring a face that looks strikingly similar to that of Rapaport, wearing a top hat and clown nose, with a red blistered sore under the lip; Rapaport asserts that tee shirt implies that he has herpes, which he has stated he does not
The lawsuit by brought by Rapaport (left) claims Barstool Sports staff called him a 'herpe having, race baiting, D-list actor' and 'old crusty herpe;' President David Portnoy (right) responded by calling Rapaport an 'unhinged lunatic'
Rapaport hosted his popular podcast, 'I Am Rapaport,' under the Barstool Sports brand up until February.
He was promptly fired following an exchange he had with a fan of the site who called him out after Rapaport got into an online feud with another employee, who goes by 'Smitty.'
Rapaport was questioning whether Smitty was on performance enhancing drugs when he won a boxing match against Shaun Latham, also known as '$20 Chef.'
Rapaport was promptly fired following an exchange he had with a fan of the site who called him out after Rapaport got into an online feud with another employee, who goes by 'Smitty'
He tweeted some derivative of, 'Ask @SmittyBarstool if he’s on JUICE right he loves talking to his "fans,"' a total of 91 times during and after the February 16 event, according to a recap by Barstool Sports.
To one of those tweets, Smitty replied to Rapaport:
'Jesus Christ you're a loser. I'm done with losers. Ask LPres. Now pay me my $2K fantasy football money you owe me you fraud.'
Rapaport tweeted some derivative of, 'Ask @SmittyBarstool if he’s on JUICE right he loves talking to his "fans,"' a total of 91 times during and after the February 16 event, according to a recap by Barstool Sports .
Then, a Twitter user whose name is listed as Blake Baker wrote this:
'Can you start a pole asking stoolies if they like @MichaelRapaport . I think that may shut him up.'
That's when Rapaport replied, 'If you call yourself a f***ing stoolie for real, you've already lost in life.'
Portnoy was not amused, and almost immediately ended Barstool Sports' relationship with Rapaport, telling TMZ at the time that 'it was very personal, and 'very real.'
'Idon't have necessarily any hard feelings for him,' he said in February.
'It's just, if you're going to insult our entire fanbase and people who like Barstool, it doesn't make much sense necessarily for these same people to be paying your bills and supporting your podcast ... it just makes no sense.'
'Hey @MichaelRapaport, you want damages? Come and f***ing get 'em, you fraud hack of a coward,' Smitty wrote in response to being named in Rapaport's lawsuit
. Later, Smitty shared a photo of the tee shirt, writing: 'Currently don't own a suit. Good thing we dug deep in the closet just in case we need something fresh for our court appearance'
Since that time, Barstool came out with and sold a tee shirt featuring a face that looks strikingly similar to that of Rapaport, wearing a top hat and clown nose, with a red blistered sore under the lip.
Rapaport asserts that tee shirt also implies that he has herpes, which he has stated he does not.
Smitty responded to the suit on Twitter, and in a post on Barstool Sports, with a series of profanity-laden challenges.
'Hey @MichaelRapaport, you want damages? Come and f***ing get 'em, you fraud hack of a coward,' Smitty wrote.
Later, Smitty shared a photo of the tee shirt, writing: 'Currently don't own a suit. Good thing we dug deep in the closet just in case we need something fresh for our court appearance.'
KFC didn't address the truth of Rapaport's claim, but did point out that he thought the lawsuit brought more attention to the matter than it was already receiving
KFC didn't address the truth of Rapaport's claim, but did point out that he thought the lawsuit brought more attention to the matter than it was already receiving.
'Michael Rapaport’s herpes lawsuit is like when Ariana grande tweeted about Pete Davidson’s butthole eyes,' KFC wrote.
'It was probably pretty much contained to a Barstool thing and now the whole world is talking about it.'
Other Barstool employees shared their opinions on the lawsuit in tweets posted on Tuesday.
Robbie Fox wrote: 'The self-professed "king" of talking sh*t, @MichaelRapaport, is suing us because he is, and i quote, "EMBARRASSED"? we're all embarrassed, homie. embarrassed for you.'
Other Barstool employees shared their opinions on the lawsuit in tweets posted on Tuesday
Maria Ciuffo, who goes by 'Ria,' wondered out loud if she should file her own lawsuit
Maria Ciuffo, who goes by 'Ria,' wondered out loud if she should bring her own lawsuit against Rapaport.
'Should I sue @MichaelRapaport for defamation of character because he falsely tweeted that he had sex with me?' she wrote on Tuesday.
Portnoy seemed to think the notion that he had played any part in damaging Rapaport's reputation was laughable.
'Unfortunately as much I’d love to take credit for ruining his career he did it to himself by being an unhinged lunatic,' Portnoy said.
'We wish him nothing but the best as he fades into oblivion.'
Portnoy seemed to think the notion that he had played any part in damaging Rapaport's reputation was laughable, saying, 'Unfortunately as much I’d love to take credit for ruining his career he did it to himself by being an unhinged lunatic;' Portnoy is pictured attending Game Five of the 2018 NBA Eastern Conference Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on May 23 in Boston, Massachusetts
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Main photo article Actor Michael Rapaport is suing Barstool Sports, its president and two on-air personalities, alleging defamation for tweets and a tee shirt design that he said imply that he has herpes.
Rapaport, 48, used to work with the company but was fired in February after tweeting an insult at a super fan...
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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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