Celebrity Chef Accuses Antonio Brown Of Slander In New Court Docs

The war between Antonio Brown and a celebrity chef is getting uglier … new court docs obtained by TMZ Sports show the cook is now accusing the WR of slander.

AB and a celeb chef named Stefano Tedeschi have been fighting it out in court since July when Tedeschi filed a lawsuit alleging Brown stiffed him out of $38,521.20.

Tedeschi claims he and Brown struck an agreement where AB would pay him to cook for him, his family and his friends for 3 days at the Pro Bowl in Orlando in January 2018.

But, Tedeschi says AB never paid up … and claims it’s all because of a frozen fish head.

Brown eventually called BS on Tedeschi in a motion to dismiss the lawsuit earlier this month … going scorched-earth on the chef, writing, “[Tedeschi’s] complaint is nothing more than a fledgling action to promote the career of a chef who will use any attempt or frivolous claim to seek fame and/or fortune.”

Now, Tedeschi is firing back … in new court docs, Tedeschi is accusing Brown of defamation.

Tedeschi says Brown’s words were “slanderous, defamatory and not the type of language one would expect to see in a professional legal document.”

Tedeschi — who wants the court to deny Brown’s motion entirely — added, “This language can only be viewed as an effort to smear [Tedeschi].”

We reached out to Brown’s attorney, Darren Heitner, for comment on the new docs … and he told us, “There was simply no defamatory statement made.”