Pacquiao sued for not disclosing injury before Mayweather fight

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A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Manny Pacquiao for failing to disclose his shoulder injury before his fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. in Las Vegas.

ESPN's Darren Rovell first reported the lawsuit, and TMZ Sports has obtained a copy of it. Stephane Vanel and Kami Rahbaran of Nevada are suing on behalf of "all persons who purchased tickets; purchased the pay-per-view event; or who wagered money on the event."

"Defendants prior to and at the time the plaintiffs and the class decided to purchase tickets, purchase pay per view showings or wagered on the event the defendants knew and had full knowledge and information that defendant Pacquiao had been seriously injured and was suffering from a torn rotator cuff," the lawsuit reads, via ESPN. "Defendants further know that such injury would severely affect his performance."

The lawsuit claims Pacquiao's lack of disclosure about his injury cost a lot of people money. According to ESPN, wagers in the state of Nevada on the fight could surpass $60 million. Pacquiao, Bob Arum and Top Rank Boxing are the people being sued, and the lawsuit  is demanding at least $5 million in damages. 

Attorney Daniel Petrocelli represents Top Rank and sent a statement to ESPN in which he says the lawsuit won't stand.

"The allegations in this lawsuit are demonstratively false," he said. "There are documents that explicitly show the medications that Manny was using to treat his shoulder and it was fully disclosed with USADA, which we contracted for this fight."

Petrocelli said doctors examined and cleared Pacquiao before the fight. He added that the shoulder was reinjured during the fight and that it shouldn't matter whether the public knew beforehand.

"This is a frivolous lawsuit and we are confident it will be dismissed," he said.

Pacquiao will undergo surgery for a torn right rotator cuff and a Nevada attorney general's office is investigating why the boxer checked "no" on a form that asked if he was injured.

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Jordan Heck is a social media producer at Sporting News