A man who was held at gunpoint near a Trump rally is suing a Riverside County sheriff

A man who was arrested outside a Trump rally in Coachella for bringing two loaded guns to the event sued a Riverside County sheriff this week, saying law enforcement officials humiliated him and violated his rights.

Vem Miller, 49, was arrested on gun charges Saturday after police found a loaded handgun and a handgun in his car. At a news conference that day, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said his deputies “probably” stopped a third assassination attempt.

However, after the arrest, investigators said they had not found evidence that Miller was planning to shoot former President Trump.

“Bianco, willfully, maliciously and dishonestly, wanted to create a story to be viewed as the ‘heroic’ Sheriff who saved the candidate for President Trump from a third assassination attempt,” wrote Miller’s attorney, Sigal Chattah. in a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Nevada.

Miller has repeatedly denied that he intended to harm the former president, including in an interview with The Times. The player from LA said he is a fan of the former president and carries weapons in his car to protect himself.

Bianco said at a press conference on Sunday that the police also found fake passports and fake IDs in the car and that the car had fake license plates.

The lawsuit called the allegations against Miller frivolous.

The lawsuit asserted claims for defamation, deprivation of rights and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Miller was booked into Riverside and released on $5,000 bail.

Neither Bianco nor the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department immediately responded to a request for comment on Miller’s case.