The coach who reported residency issues that led to Little League Baseball International to strip a Chicago team of its 2014 U.S. championship has sued the league itself.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that Evergreen Park coach Chris Janes filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court.

Janes claims the league initiated a cover up after he told them several Jackie Robinson West players lived outside approved league boundaries, telling him his claim had no merit and exposing him and his family to โ€œpublic humiliation, death threats and fear for their lives.โ€

He is seeking more than $75,000 in damages for emotional distress.