(MCT) — CHICAGO — Joel Brodsky, an attorney who represented Drew Peterson before he withdrew from the legal team in October, has filed a libel lawsuit against attorney Steven Greenberg and The Chicago Tribune Company, among others.

Brodsky says that a letter obtained by the Tribune from Greenberg, at one time a co-attorney on Peterson’s legal team, contained material that was “false and misleading,” according to the lawsuit filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court. Brodsky’s suit claims Greenberg’s letter “was comprised of a false narrative designed (to) defame Brodsky as revenge for (Brodsky’s) attempt to terminate (Greenberg) as one of Peterson’s attorneys...”