Dez Bryant’s attorney is adamant his client is innocent, writing in a statement to the California Post on Wednesday that the man who recently accused the ex-NFL star of assault set him up.

Levi McCathern, the high-powered lawyer Bryant retained to represent him following his altercation with 19-year-old Noah Reyes in a Texas parking lot last month, told The Post on Wednesday he believes Reyes and his pals “targeted” Bryant after recognizing the former Dallas Cowboys receiver on a nearby roadway.

“Dez didn’t start this,” McCathern said of the Oct. 25 altercation in Southlake. “He was targeted by someone who wanted a reaction, and they got one.”

McCathern said that after realizing Bryant was beside them, Reyes and his friends drove recklessly, cutting the 38-year-old off before slamming on their brakes in front of him.

“That isn’t just Dez’s account,” McCathern said. “Multiple people have come forward to say they saw Mr. Reyes and his crew driving recklessly and putting lives at risk on a public road.”

“When that didn’t get a reaction,” McCathern added, “Mr. Reyes threatened to shoot him.”

McCathern acknowledged that Bryant then confronted the teen after all the parties had parked outside of a restaurant, though he said the three-time Pro Bowler’s actions were not criminal.

“What is a person supposed to do with that?” McCathern said. “Between what Mr. Reyes was saying and what Dez saw him doing, Dez believed he was in real danger.

“He had no way of knowing whether there was a gun. No one in that moment would. Dez has been consistent from the very beginning about what he experienced, and his fear came from one place: he believed his life was being threatened.”

Bryant was filmed by several witnesses screaming at Reyes, before he was seen in video smacking the man’s phone out of his hand.

Bryant was ultimately issued a citation for assault by contact over the interaction.

McCathern, though, said the footage only tells part of the story.

“We believe this was never an accident,” McCathern said of the ordeal. “It was set up to provoke Dez into a public confrontation and create a viral moment, on camera.

“The video going around doesn’t show the driving, and it doesn’t show the threat. It shows exactly what it was meant to show: the reaction. We said the full story would look very different. It does.”

Reyes did not immediately respond to a request for comment on McCathern’s allegations on Wednesday, but he previously told The Post that he did nothing wrong and that Bryant was the aggressor in the situation.

Bryant is currently slated to appear in court for a hearing on his assault charge next month.