Samantha Schacher says Johnny Manziel lawsuit is a hoax

Sports fans this morning were treated to what seemed to be an incredible story, Cleveland Browns polarizing rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel had a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him. Anyone who began to read the document filed to court could instantly recognize it as fake because of a multitude of reasons like how poorly written it was, misspelling people’s names and outlandish some of the accusations were.

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Well the woman who allegedly filed the lawsuit, HLN co-host Samantha Schacher, has come out and said that she did not file the lawsuit. No one actually believed that she had filed it though.

From TMZ Sports:

"TMZ Sports spoke with Samantha Schacher … who tells us she was shocked when she woke up this morning and learned someone filed a bogus lawsuit against Manziel using her name in Florida.Shacher says the claims are so outrageous that she found them funny … but insists, “It;s absolutely 100% bogus and a hoax.”…Samantha says whoever was behind the prank should be ashamed of themselves.“It’s a shame you’re taking advantage of the legal system. You’re playing with people’s reputations and careers and it’s hurtful.”"

Twitter had a field day with the fake lawsuit though, and it brought about a whole slew of new jokes. Schacher isn’t the only one who has come out and spoke out against the lawsuit, Manziel’s agent Erik Burkhardt repsonded on Twitter.

“This joke ‘lawsuit’ is obviously 1000000% fake and/ or frivolous. Embarrassing I even have say this after reading the nonsense,” Burkhardt wrote.

The person who filed it could find themselves in trouble though, according to Forbes contributor Darren Heitner who initially reported the lawsuit.