Former Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe plans to sue the team over their refusal to release the results of an independent investigation into whether a Vikings coach made homophobic remarks during the 2012 season. Kluwe alleged in January he was released by the Vikings because of his support of same-sex marriage, ESPN reports.
Kluwe filed the lawsuit as a means to get the Vikings to release the investigation report, which he claims the team is unwilling to do.
"The Vikings said for seven months they were going to make this public, which I think is important," Kluwe said, via ESPN. "Sweeping it under the rug and keeping the report private isn't right."
Kluwe's attorney, Clayton Halunen, said the Vikings would not release the report. Halunen said Kluwe's lawsuit would sue the Vikings for a number of offenses, including sexual-orientation discrimination and "tortious interference with contractual relations."
"At this point, we have no choice but to file a lawsuit against the Vikings," Halunen said. "In that lawsuit, the very first thing we will get in the course of discovery will be the investigation report, and to the extent we're able, we will make that public."
The Vikings organization released statements Tuesday claiming they never said they would not release the results of the investigation to Kluwe or to the public.
Kluwe, in a Deadspin article published in January, accused Vikings special-teams coordinator Mike Priefer of making homophobic remarks. Kluwe, who's outspoken on social issues such as gay marriage, contended he was released from the Vikings because of his pro same-sex marriage stance.
Priefer denied ever making any homophobic remarks, but Halunen said he knows Priefer admitted to the investigator that he did in fact make such remarks.
Read more about the homophobic remarks Priefer allegedly made HERE.
