Jesse Ventura would rather sue than bodyslam publisher of American Sniper

He ain’t got time to bleed, but apparently he does got time to file lawsuits. Jesse (formerly “The Body”) Ventura has filed a suit against HarperCollins, the publisher of American Sniper, for defamation of character. Ventura claims that a derogatory story written about him within the book never took place. The suit alleges the resulting publicity and controversy “generated by the false and defamatory story about Ventura substantially increased sales of American Sniper, thereby generating millions of dollars in revenues and profits for HarperCollins.” The story itself isn’t actually that compelling—Chris Kyle, the late Navy SEAL and author, claimed he once got into a bar fight with Ventura over disparaging remarks Ventura made about SEALs—but it does involve Kyle nicknaming Ventura “Scruff Face,” which is a pretty good burn.