UNC football coach Bill Belichick is willing to go to trial over an ongoing civil lawsuit with Levesque Builders Inc., a local contractor in Nantucket.
Belichick — who built a compound in Nantucket in 2018 — is demanding a jury trial and filed a third-party complaint against Levesque Builders Inc. as part of his response to a lawsuit filed in April by island painter Andrew Jackson, according to the Nantucket Superior Court’s database.
Jackson alleged he sustained serious bodily injury while working on one of Belichick’s Nantucket properties, Forty Five Fair Street LLC, in June 2024 — and sought nearly $300,000 in a lawsuit filed in April.
Belichick, in his complaint, argued that Levesque Builders was responsible for overseeing all work done on the $4.8 million property and that Levesque hired Jackson as a subcontractor.
“If Mr. Jackson was injured while performing painting work at the Property – which 45 LLC denies – his injuries were sustained as a result either of his own negligence or fault in performing the work, or Levesque’s negligence or fault in failing to direct, control, manage and/or supervise the work,” Belichick’s complaint states.
“Levesque, solely and exclusively, maintained direction, control, management and supervision over Mr. Jackson’s work at the property. Levesque, solely and exclusively, maintained responsibility to ensure that Mr. Jackson and/or his employer performed the painting work safely and properly. 45 LLC did not direct, control, manage or supervise Mr. Jackson or his employer in connection with the painting work.”
The former Patriots coach filed the third-party complaint through attorneys David L. Fine and Peter J. Hamilton of Mirick, a Massachusetts-based law firm — and owner, Pat Levesque was served on July 13th, per the Nantucket Current.
Jackson alleged he slipped and fell while on Belichick’s property due to unsafe conditions such as “the placement, use, and/or maintenance of plastic sheeting or coverings and other unsafe site conditions in the work area.”
Belichick filed the third-party complaint after his initial response to Jackson’s lawsuit, when he called Jackson’s claims “frivolous” and “wholly unsubstantiated” in June.
“In accordance with MG.L.. 231, §6F, (Belichick) should be awarded (his) attorney’s fees and costs incurred defending this frivolous action,” Belichick’s initial response stated.
Belichick and his girlfriend, Jordon Hudson, a 24-year-old former Bridgewater State University cheerleader, reportedly live together in Hingham, Mass. in the offseason.
