Former LSU football player Greg Brooks Jr., who’s suing the school for medical negligence, reaffirmed his claim that head coach Brian Kelly hasn’t reached out to him in over a year on Thursday through a statement from his lawyer obtained by the Reveille.

Brooks is alleging that mistakes made by LSU medical staff and Our Lady of the Lake doctors leading up to and during his surgery for a brain tumor in September 2023 left him permanently disabled. He appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Monday to speak about the lawsuit, along with his father, Greg Brooks Sr.

On GMA, Brooks alleged that Kelly hadn’t contacted him or his family since October 2023, which Kelly impassionately denied at a press conference Wednesday. Brooks is now firing back.

“It was difficult for Greg Brooks Jr. to listen to LSU Coach Brian Kelly say he was by his side through this ordeal and then accuse his father of making a false statement when the reality is that Coach Kelly has not contacted Greg Jr. in over 16 months,” a statement issued by Brooks’ lawyer, Kara Samuels, said.

During his press conference, Kelly said that such claims were “factually inaccurate” and that a member of his staff had been with Brooks “virtually every single day” during his recovery from the surgery.

The Brooks statement also alleged that Kelly’s statement at a press conference in March that Brooks was “up and walking” and “everything was coming back” was false and unauthorized.

Brooks is still wheelchair-bound and re-learning how to talk, write and eat, according to the GMA segment.

“Greg Jr. looks forward to having his day in court, where the truth will come to light, and in the meantime, he will be focusing on his health and recovery,” Brooks’ statement said.

There are currently hearings scheduled for the Brooks case on March 31, May 27 and June 16.

Brooks is represented by Samuels of Samuels & Thornton, as well as Jeffrey Rosenblum of Rosenblum & Reisman, P.C.