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Jason Pierre-Paul: While celebrating the 4th of July in Miami, the star pass rusher for the Giants suffered an injury involving a firework exploding in his hand.

After rumors had begun swirling as to the extent of the injury, ESPN’s Adam Schefter would tweet a picture of JPP’s actual medical charts which showed that the star defensive lineman was having his right index finger amputated.

For those who did/do not know, your personal medical records are federally protected documents that cannot be released without your, or a legal guardian’s, consent.

To dispel one of the early rumors regarding this breach of the law, the maximum penalty for violating HIPAA is $250k and 10 years in prison for any act that is “committed with the intent to sell, transfer, or use individually identifiable health information for commercial advantage, personal gain or malicious harm”, per the American Medical Association website.

There is also the potential for Jason Pierre-Paul to pursue a lawsuit against the hospital if it is proven that someone intentionally shared the information with ESPN.

On the actual football end of this whole ordeal is the fact that JPP now only has four fingers on his dominant hand, plus a broken thumb.

Many people took to Twitter to proclaim that losing an index finger wasn’t that big a deal.

Now grab it without using your index finger.

That’s a big deal, and it is why the Giants will not give him a real contract offer until after this season is over.