LIV Golf's Patrick Reed refiles $750 million defamation lawsuit against Golf Channel, employees

Golfer Patrick Reed's attorneys refiled his $750 million defamation lawsuit against the Golf Channel and analyst Brandel Chamblee in federal court in Jacksonville, Florida, on Thursday, while adding other Golf Channel employees and media groups to the complaint.

The lawsuit accuses the Golf Channel, Golfweek and its parent company, Gannett, as well as employees Chamblee, Damon Hack, Shane Bacon and Eamon Lynch, of conspiracy, defamation, injurious falsehood and tortious interference.

Reed originally filed the lawsuit in federal court in Texas on Aug. 16.

The lawsuit alleges the defendants are co-conspirators for their «anticompetitive conduct and anticompetitive practices in order to destroy the upstart LIV Golf Tour, Mr. Reed, and fellow LIV Golf players in order to annihilate any competition with the PGA Tour and DP World Tour even if it means violating antitrust laws and going to extreme and scandalous measures to conspire to defame, falsely injure and tortiously interfere with Mr. Reed, fellow LIV Tour players, and LIV Golf,» according to a news release from Reed's attorney, Larry Klayman.

The news release said the defendants labeled Reed a «cheater, liar, a thief, a murderer and someone who accepts blood money from terrorists.»

«The PGA Tour's and its 'partner' the NBC's Golf Channel's mission is to destroy a top LIV Golf Tour player, his family, as well as all of the LIV Golf players, to further their agenda and alleged collaborative efforts to destroy the new LIV Golf Tour,» Klayman said in a release. «As alleged in the complaint, these calculated malicious attacks have created hate, aided and abetted a hostile workplace environment, and have caused substantial financial and emotional damage and harm to Mr. Reed