India, Oct. 8 -- Three friends of Mississippi teenager Nolan Wells have filed a defamation lawsuit against NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens over an Instagram post about Wells' death.

Warren Hudson, Jax Pitalo and Morgan Seymour, along with their fathers, are named as plaintiffs in the complaint filed in a Mississippi district court.

The lawsuit shared by Sun Herald centers on a September 26 Instagram video shared by Owens. According to the complaint, the former NFL star suggested that the three friends had deleted evidence from Wells' phone following his death. The young men deny the allegation.

Owens also captioned the post: "Arrest them immediately!! Like yesterday."

The lawsuit claims the post caused serious damage to the three men'...