Deadspin article accused a nine-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan of wearing blackface and hating Native Americans for wearing a headdress

Kansas City Chiefs fan sued the leftist sports blog Deadspin over an article that accused the boy of wearing blackface and hating Native Americans for wearing a headdress.

Deadspin and its senior writer Carron Phillips used a screenshot that isolated a frame where only the black was visible in order to “maliciously and wantonly attack a nine-year-old boy and his parents for Phillips ’ own race-drenched political agenda,” the lawsuit said.

The lawsuit said that the damaging allegation against an innocent child was motivated by a political agenda.

The lawsuit says Deadspin acted with “actual malice” because Phillips knew the boy was not in blackface.

The lawsuit asks the court to order Deadspin to pay “punitive and/or exemplary damages” to the family.

Deadspin changed its story to focus on faulting the NFL for not banning fans from wearing headdresses.