A former Denver Nuggets mascot has filed a lawsuit against the team’s owner, accusing the franchise of violating disability protection laws by firing him last year following a hip injury.

Drake Solomon, 31, is suing the Nuggets’ owner, Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, on claims of disability, retaliation and two claims of aiding and abetting unfair employment practices against his supervisors, who are also named as defendants in the suit, according to USA Today .

Solomon is seeking unspecified damages from Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Denver District Court on Tuesday.

“Never wanted things to go down this way,” Solomon told CBS Colorado . “But there are things they could’ve handled better -- not just with me -- but with others as well.”

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