The unnamed plaintiff in a long-running lawsuit who says Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Namath ignored and then covered up years of sexual abuse at his football camp in the 1970s has revealed his identity in documents, saying that he was 'shedding his John Doe status ... to aid in my own healing.' Philip Lyle Smith, now in his 60s and living in Florida, sued the Jets legend in 2019, detailing years of abuse from a counselor at a summer football camp Namath owned and ran for decades.

• A plaintiff in a lawsuit has accused Joe Namath of ignoring and covering up sexual abuse at his football camp in the 1970s.
• The plaintiff, Philip Lyle Smith, has revealed his identity and hopes that by doing so, others will have the courage to come forward.
• The lawsuit alleges that a camp coach named Philip Foglietta abused Smith for several years at Namath's camp.
• Namath and camp co-owner John Dockery are accused of failing to protect Smith from the abuse.
• The case has been delayed multiple times and is part of a wave of lawsuits related to child sex abuse in New York.