A popular social media influencer is suing Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill, claiming he invited her to his Broward home, then broke her leg when he charged into her during a practice football play.
Attorneys for Sophie Hall, a model with over 2 million followers on Instagram, filed the lawsuit in Broward County court last Friday. They claim that Hill charged into Hall out of retaliation because she managed to push him backward during an earlier play, then failed to get her proper medical care after breaking her leg.
“Unfortunately, after getting ‘humiliated’ in front of friends and family when he was knocked backwards during a friendly football lesson by his friend Sophie Hall, Tyreek became enraged, and forcefully and purposefully shoved Ms. Hall, severely fracturing her leg,” Hall’s attorneys wrote in the complaint. “… Ms. Hall now brings this action to recover compensatory and punitive damages for the significant harm that Mr. Hill caused by his intentional and reckless misconduct.”
In May 2023, Hall, who lives in Pasco County, bought a ticket for her 10-year-old son to attend Hill’s “Tyreek Hill Football Camp” at Boca Raton High School. The next day, Hill reached out to her over Instagram direct message, according to the complaint.
Hall is a 6-foot-1, plus-sized model, according to her Instagram bio. In his message, Hill told her “in a flirtatious and playful manner” that she is not in fact 6-foot-1, according to the complaint.
“Lol yes I am,” she replied.
She then informed him that he would see for himself since her son was coming to his football camp.
“We lit then Ima see you towering over everyone I guess,” Hill replied, adding that he was known “to be a good stepdad.”
He asked her to come a day early and to stay at his home in Southwest Ranches after the camp was over, according to the complaint.
On June 28, Hall arrived at Hill’s home. That afternoon, she stood to the side and watched as he practiced with his trainer on the turf field in his backyard, according to the complaint.
Soon after, Hill “invited Ms. Hall to participate in offensive line drills with him,” the complaint states, telling her “since her 10-year-old son played offensive lineman – she should practice that position as well.”
Hall agreed, despite having no understanding of how to play football. On their first “play,” Hill told her to stand in a defensive stance while he stood across from her in offensive lineman stance. He then hiked the ball to the quarterback and told her to “rush him as if she wanted to chase the quarterback.”
When Hall did so, she pushed Hill backward, according to the complaint, leading to laughter from those watching, which included Hill’s mother, sister, friend and trainer.
“Apparently embarrassed by his loss of stability as a result of contact by a woman during the ‘football play,’ Mr. Hill’s attitude changed and he became angry,” the attorneys wrote in the complaint.
Hill continued to set up plays. On the third play, he rushed through, though Hall “held her own.” On the fourth play, he charged into Hall “violently and with great force,” causing her to fracture her leg, according to the complaint.
Hall was in “excruciating pain,” unable to stand or walk around, the complaint states. Hill told her to rest, giving her a bed to lay down in and ice for her leg. She stayed there for a few days until he arranged for her to travel back home. She ordered a brace so she could walk around, but never received medical attention. When she returned home in early July, she saw an orthopedist, who diagnosed her with a right leg fracture.
Hall had to get surgery with a metal hardware implantation, according to the complaint, and goes to physical therapy every week.
Her attorneys are suing Hill for battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence. They say he owes damages between $50,000 and $75,000.
The complaint does not say if Hall ever contacted police about the incident. Her Fort Lauderdale-based attorney, Jonathan Gdanski, declined to comment on the case Wednesday. Davie Police did not immediately respond to an email asking for that information.
Dolphins general manager Chris Grier, speaking Wednesday to a small group of South Florida media members at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis, declined to comment on the lawsuit or the mounting off-field issues involving Hill.
“We were made aware of it,” he said. “We were in communication with NFL security, so really can’t comment on any of that until all that stuff gets — we get all our information and find out what happened. But, for us, Tyreek has been a good addition for us, but in terms of the off-field stuff, we’ll get all the information before we can really comment on it.”
Hill does not currently have a lawyer listed on the case. Voicemails to a Dolphins spokesperson and Hill’s agent, Drew Rosenhaus, were not immediately returned Wednesday.
Hill was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in 2016 and has been selected for the Pro Bowl for each of his eight NFL seasons. He just completed his second season with the Dolphins, who traded for him in March 2022. In 2023, he led the NFL in receiving yards with 1,799, off 119 receptions. He had 13 touchdowns, tied for most by a receiver.
The wide receiver has a history of assault allegations. On June 18, 2023, 10 days before Hall was injured, he was accused of slapping a fishing charter company employee at a marina in Haulover Park, then offering him $200 and apologizing, according to a Miami-Dade Police report.
In 2019, Hill was suspended from the Kansas City Chiefs amid allegations that he had physically abused his son. In 2014, he was arrested on domestic violence charges while at Oklahoma State and pleaded guilty to abusing and choking former fiancée Crystal Espinal, who was pregnant at the time.
Information from The New York Times was used in this report. Sun Sentinel staff writer David Furones and editor Kathy Laughlin contributed to this report.
