Young Kansas City Chiefs fan accused of wearing blackface sues sports blog

Holden Armenta, a 9-year-old Kansas City Chiefs fan's family finally filed a lawsuit against Deadspin on Tuesday. Holden Armenta, 9-year-old Kansas City Chief fan accused of racism. This move addresses the derogatory article penned by writer Caron Phillips, which was headlined “The NFL needs to speak out against the Kansas City Chiefs fan in Black face, Native headdress.” Deadspin defamation case: Family of Kansas City Chiefs fan files lawsuit The Deadspin lawsuit shed light on how the publication's article had falsely accused the family of hating Black people and Native Americans at the same time. Other bullet points in the lawsuit also point out that through the Deadspin article, the senior writer portrayed the Armenta family as anti-Black and anti-Native American bigots.