{
  "id": 12496290,
  "title": "Man files lawsuit against USC, coach Eric Musselman after beach altercation during Trojans photoshoot",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/man-files-lawsuit-against-usc-coach-eric-musselman-after-beach",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-06T23:38:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/mens-college-basketball/article/man-files-lawsuit-against-usc-coach-eric-musselman-after-beach-altercation-during-trojans-photoshoot-233841309.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Gary Gosnell, a man who has a popular YouTube channel called \"Gary’s Metal Detecting,\" has recently filed a lawsuit against USC men’s basketball coach Eric Musselman and the school itself. According to the California Post, Gosnell claims that Musselman verbally abused him during a beach altercation on September 13 while the basketball team was having a photo shoot at Manhattan Beach. The lawsuit states that Musselman called Gosnell names and threatened him, causing the man severe emotional and psychological distress. In response to the incident, Musselman stated that he should have handled the situation better in a statement.",
  "summary": "Eric Musselman confronted a man using a metal detector on the beach during a team photoshoot last month.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}