By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Ryan O'Neal filed a million dollar lawsuit on Thursday against Craig Nevius, the executive producer of Chasing Farrah and Farrah's Story for defamation and libel. In it O’Neal accuses Nevius of spreading false stories about him that are “malicious and defamatory” and claims he’s been damaged in excess of $1million.

In an exclusive statement to Breaking Celebrity News Nevius asserts his innocence in the matter, and maintains that O’Neal is merely trying to harass him into silence.

The fracas is all over an Andy Warhol print of Farrah Fawcett that O'Neal has hanging in his house. The University of Texas is suing O'Neal because Farrah left her two Warhol prints to her alma mater. O'Neal claims however that Warhol gave him the Fawcett print that he claims he owns and that’s it’s one of his “most prized possessions and a precious memento of his life with Ms. Fawcett."

O’Neal alleges in his lawsuit that the University of Texas was only spurred into action after Nevius told media outlets that the actor had stolen the print and O'Neal claims he's suffered "humiliation, mental anguish and emotional distress" from Nevius’ alleged actions.

Nevius sees it quite differently though, telling Breaking Celebrity News: "I regard this latest lawsuit as a desperate