Giants, Manning: Fraud suit omitted evidence, 'cherry-picked' emails

Legal representatives for the New York Giants and Eli Manning have filed a motion saying the plaintiffs in a game-used memorabilia lawsuit misrepresented the quarterback's emails, according to court documents obtained by Jordan Raanan and Darren Rovell of ESPN.

The brief, filed Wednesday, claims the plaintiffs' representation intentionally omitted "relevant evidence" and "cherry-picked" Manning's emails to misrepresent and disparage him and the Giants organization.

Manning is being sued by Steiner Sports for allegedly knowingly providing the company with equipment he hadn't worn in a game to be sold as game-used.

The email at the center of the discussion was sent from Manning to Giants equipment manager Joe Skiba in April 2010 and said, "2 helmets that can pass as game used. That is it. Eli."

The law firm representing Manning and the Giants says there are "hundreds of pages of documents" that exonerate the quarterback, though those documents haven't been released.

Wednesday's filing requested that a judge uphold a previous agreement between all parties that would prevent information in the case marked as confidential from being publicly reviewed.

Manning angrily denied allegations against him earlier this week and expressed confidence that he'll be absolved.