Former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel was granted a far-reaching emergency Temporary Restraining Order against MaKenzie Carter of College Station, Texas, after he filed a lawsuit accusing her of spreading false claims of a personal relationship between the pair, according to court documents reviewed by The Post.
Manziel alleges in the lawsuit, filed Feb. 27 in Brazos County, that Carter, also known as MaKenzie Calame, has “engaged in obsessive, erratic and harassing hallucinations and conspiracies directed at and/or relating to Manziel across multiple social media platforms.”
The lawsuit states that “immediately prior to the filing” of the complaint, the woman was “directly emailing dozens of friends, family members, businesses and individuals with whom Manziel works or is in the process of establishing a formal business relationship with and threatening them with legal action if they ‘continued’ to interfere with her fictitious relationship with Manziel.”
The former Heisman Trophy winner claims the defendant has refused to stop spreading false allegations without a court order and that it has caused him financial and reputational harm/injury.
Manziel is seeking monetary damages of $250,000 or less, attorney’s fees, a permanent injunction and non-monetary relief.
“I will tell you that we were saddened to even go down this route of filing a lawsuit, but it was unavoidable and necessary to protect the interest of Manziel, as well as his friends, family, business associates,...
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