Jordan Willis, the Kansas City Chiefs watch party host whose friends were found mysteriously dead in his snowy backyard, is considering a defamation lawsuit against the men’s families after they publicly aired their theories that he was involved in his friends’ deaths, a source close to him said.

Meanwhile, as the men’s families await answers about their loved ones’ deaths, the father of David Harrington said his family intends to file a wrongful death lawsuit. 

“There will be a wrongful death lawsuit and a private investigator will more than likely be part of that,” Harrington’s father, Jon Harrington, told People. 

Harrington, 37, Clayton McGeeney, 36, and Ricky Johnson, 38, were discovered frozen and dead behind Willis’ home on Jan. 9, two days after they were all last seen alive inside the house watching the Chiefs play the Los Angeles Chargers. 

Family and friends of Clayton McGeeney, left, David Harrington, center, and Ricky Johnson are clamoring for answers after the three men inexplicably died in freezing temperatures outside their friend’s Kansas City, Missouri, home. (Facebook)

“The latest news story regarding a wrongful death lawsuit is a completely shameless attempt to get more attention when nothing else has even been released yet by the police department,” the source said. 

“I recognize these families are grief stricken, but grief is not an open-ended excuse to say whatever you want publicly without repercussion, and they’ve completely crossed the line,” they said on Willis’ behalf. “Not only have their wild accusations changed as more details were released by the police department, from the beginning, they’ve allowed themselves to get caught up in the TikTok theories and internet conspiracists trying to turn this into a TV drama.”

The families “refusing to accept that their sons could have possibly done drugs willingly” are “completely reckless,” the source said. “It’s not OK for them to try to ruin Jordan’s life and reputation forever simply because they aren’t able to accept the possibility that their loved ones voluntarily partook in behavior that cost them their lives.”

The source said Willis “looks forward to having the opportunity to be able to clear his name.”