Ex-legislator George Santos sues late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel over videos

Jimmy Kimmel (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Former US House of Representatives member George Santos has accused late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel of deceiving him into making videos that were used to ridicule him.

A lawsuit filed in US district court for the southern district of New York on behalf of the disgraced New York Republican names Kimmel, ABC and Walt Disney Co as defendants.