# The staggering amount Terrell Owens’ defamation accusers paid for Nolan Wells lawsuit stunt

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-staggering-amount-terrell-owens-defamation-accusers-paid-for-nolan-wells-lawsuit-stunt/
- Published: 2026-11-12T18:56:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T19:58:09+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/12/sports/the-staggering-amount-terrell-owens-defamation-accusers-paid-for-nolan-wells-lawsuit-stunt/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Three accusers paid $1,000 to serve Terrell Owens.
- Video of the summons delivery attracted over six million views.
- The lawsuit concerns Owens’s posts about Nolan Wells’s death.

## Summary

Three friends of Nolan Wells paid $1,000 to have a defamation lawsuit summons delivered to former NFL player Terrell Owens at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he was attending a meet-and-greet. The service was filmed and shared online, drawing more than six million views in under a week and bringing renewed attention to the dispute.

The friends sued Owens on 5 October, alleging he defamed them by sharing a video that linked them to Wells’s death and calling for their immediate arrest. Wells went missing in Mississippi during a 4 July celebration; a grand jury found his death was consistent with drowning and that no foul play had occurred. Owens has publicly challenged the lawyer representing the friends and used the episode to promote his documentary.

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