A football player’s mom has threatened legal action against a journalist claiming that he has a personal vendetta against her son.
Ka’idah Wilkerson, the mother of defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson, called into CBS Sports Radio’s ‘Boomer and Gio’ on WFAN 660 on Friday to blast New York Daily News reporter Manish Mehta for constantly harassing her son.
‘He’s always written horrible things about my son,’ she said on the show, just after Mehta had appeared on the air to defend his actions of suggesting that the player had problems with alcohol.
Ka’idah Wilkerson, the mother of defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson (left), called into CBS Sports Radio’s ‘Boomer and Gio’ on WFAN 660 on Friday to blast New York Daily News reporter Manish Mehta (right) for defaming her son and suggesting that he has ‘issues with alcohol
‘Wilkerson is getting some terrible advice. The last place he should be near given his issues with alcohol is Bourbon Street/French Quarter. Who is advising this guy?’ Mehta wrote in his tweet on Thursday
‘Muhammad does not pay Manish any attention, so therefore he always has something against him. Where’s his proof? Where’s your proof, Manish? … I’m just livid. I’m just livid with him.’
Mehta took to WFAN radio on Friday to defend a tweet he posted claiming that Wilkerson shouldn’t sign with the New Orleans Saints because of ‘issues with alcohol.’
He appeared on CBS Sports Radio’s ‘Boomer and Gio’ on WFAN 660 to defend his tweet, claiming the player has had past woes with drinking
‘He’s always written horrible things about my son,’ she said. The worried mother added that the defamation the journalist displays towards Jets players makes her feel that ‘we should contact our attorney’
‘Wilkerson is getting some terrible advice. The last place he should be near given his issues with alcohol is Bourbon Street/French Quarter. Who is advising this guy?’ Mehta wrote in his tweet on Thursday about the player who was recently cut from the New York Jets.
Wilkerson was cut from the New York Jets and has been a free agent, potentially looking to sign with the New Orleans Saints or the Green Bay Packers
On the New York radio station, Mehta chimed that his gibe wasn’t personal and that past woes with drinking warranted his comment, even if Muhammad wasn’t technically an ‘alcoholic.’
But the player’s mother calls foul on the comment, adding that ‘he’s never had a DWI, he’s never admitted to being an alcoholic.’ She continued, stating that Wilkerson ‘goes out just like everybody else.’
The worried mother added that the defamation the journalist continues to displays towards Jets players makes her feel that ‘we should contact our attorney.’
‘You didn’t like Geno (Smith), you didn’t like Darrelle (Revis), you didn’t like Santonio Holmes, you always played Muhammad against Sheldon (Richardson),’ she asserted. ‘Always. Always. He just always has something negative to say about Muhammad … I know that the Jets organization, some of them don’t even want you to come in the building.’