Rocky, the beloved mascot of the Denver Nuggets, is suing the team’s owner.

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Denver District Court, the man inside the mountain lion suit, Drake Solomon, alleged that he was fired after he took time off to heal from a hip injury, in violation of disability protection laws.

Solomon is seeking unspecified damages from Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, which owns the Nuggets basketball team.

Solomon became Rocky in 2021, following in the footsteps of his father, who was the original Rocky more than 30 years ago. But in the 2022-23 NBA season, the younger Solomon was diagnosed with avascular necrosis, a condition that causes bone tissue to die as a result of damage to blood vessels and a lack of blood supply.

He underwent surgery to deal with the condition and re

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