KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The mother of Jovan Belcher, former Kansas City Chiefs player who killed himself and his girlfriend in 2012, has filed a wrongful death suit against the team.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Jackson County, Mo., Circuit Court by Cheryl Shepard, alleges Belcher, a linebacker, "unknowingly sacrificed his brain" in his four-year career with the Chiefs, and says the team failed to protect Belcher's safety, the Kansas City Star reported Wednesday.