The two pals charged in the deaths of three Kansas City Chiefs fans are now being sued for allegedly doling out drugs in the hours before the trio froze to death in a backyard on a game night.
Jordan Willis and Ivory Carson were slapped with a wrongful death suit Friday by one of the late men’s family — just days after the pair were charged with involuntary manslaughter and delivery of a controlled substance in the bizarre tragedy.
They were hit with the charges more than a year after their buddies — Ricky Johnson Jr., 38, David Harrington, 37, and Clayton McGeeney, 36 — were found dead in Willis’ Kansas City, Missouri, yard after getting together to watch the Chiefs’ final game of the season in January 2024.
After a lengthy investigation dogged by boundless theories about their demise, authorities revealed last week the men died of “fentanyl and cocaine toxicity.”
In the lawsuit, Harrington’s grieving father, Jon Harrington, alleges Willis and Carson both knew the dangers the drugs posed — but still dished them out anyway.
“Defendant Willis and Defendant Ivory knew, or through the use of a reasonable degree of care, should have known of the presence of the fentanyl and the dangers and hazards that it posed including the possibility of being lethal to anyone that might ingest it,” the court filing stated.
“Once [Harrington] began to suffer from the dangers and hazards of the cocaine and fentanyl, [the two men] failed to render aid or otherwise attempt to rescue decedent from the impacts cause by the cocaine and fentanyl,” the suit added.
The lawsuit is seeking a total of $100,000 in damages.
Willis and Carson, meanwhile, both pleaded not guilty last Thursday after being charged.
“This case is a tragic reminder of the dangers of street drugs,” Platte County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd had said as he announced the development.
“But make no mistake, the people that supply those drugs can and will be held accountable when people overdose.”
Witnesses had told investigators said the friends had used cocaine while watching the game.
They added that Willis had a history of offering cocaine, which he allegedly bought from Carson, to his friends when they were low on money, according to the probable cause statement.
After the bodies were discovered in the yard, investigators uncovered a bag of cocaine inside the home with mostly Willis’ DNA on it and another bag of fentanyl, which had Carson’s DNA on it, prosecutors said.
Willis — an HIV researcher allegedly known to friends as “the chemist” — later told cops he allegedly went to bed early night of the deaths and thought his friends had left his home around 4 a.m.
Weather records indicate temps plummeted to lows of 33 degrees that night.
The trio were found dead two days later after McGeeney’s fiancée went looking for him.
Willis’ lawyer, John Picerno, has argued said there is no evidence his client bought the drugs that his friends ingested.
He added that Willis didn’t know his pals were lying dead in his backyard — or that they needed medical attention — until cops showed up.
“It has been a very, very long year for Jordan,” Picerno said after the charges were filed.
“He’s lost his job. He’s lost his home. He’s lost his friends. The public are pointing at him as someone who essentially killed them. And nothing could be further from the truth.”
Willis and Carson are being held on a $100,000 cash bond. They are due back in court on March 11.
The Post reached out to the attorney in the wake of the suit but didn’t hear back immediately.
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