Former USC player Armond Armstead has filed a lawsuit against the university for allegedly repeatedly injecting him with a painkiller that eventually caused him to have a heart attack, the Sacramento Bee reports.
After he recovered, Armstead claims, USC blocked his attempts to transfer to another school, vastly reducing his chance to play in the NFL.
Armstead, 22, now plays in Canada. The suit was filed Thursday in the Los Angeles Superior Court. The suit names as defendants the university, an unnamed pharmaceutical company, football team physician Dr. James Tibone and the University Park Health Center.
Attorney Roger A. Dreyer says the “potential” financial reward for the case could run into the tens of millions, the Bee reports. University officials were not immediately available for comment.
Armstead says he was forced to receive injections of the prescription painkiller Toradol, a non
