The Cleveland Browns are being sued by former center LeCharles Bentley, who has alleged fraud and negligent misrepresentation, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Bentley is the second former player to sue the Browns due to their problems with staph infections, following former wide receiver Joe Jurevicius
Bentley’s career was ended after suffering a staph infection.
“The Browns convinced LeCharles to rehab at their facility,” Bentley’s lawyer, Shannon Polk, said. Nothing required him to do it. That wasn’t part of his job. They told him their facility was the best and that they had successfully helped others. But they never told him about a host of unsanitary conditions there, and they never told him about the list of others who contracted staph before he chose to rehab there.
“Had the Browns disclosed that stuff to him, had they been straight with him, he would have never agreed to rehab at their training facility. The man nearly died from the staph infection he got there.”
Bentley is now a sportstalk radio host in Cleveland.
His lawyer said he’s not going to comment on the case.