Dallas (WBAP/KLIF) – A Dallas woman has filed a lawsuit in connection with a violent attack in Deep Ellum in 2019.
In the lawsuit 29-year old L’Daijohnique Lee makes several claims against 32-year old Austin Shuffield:
*That he racial slurs against her and caused her serious harm leaving her in a state of fear
*That the bar where he worked had over-served him and should not have hired him
*That the city retaliated against her by seeking her arrest shortly after the incident.
Part of the March 21, 2019 attack went viral. It shows Shuffield repeatedly punching Lee in a parking lot in the 2800 block of Elm Street.
The lawsuit names Shuffield, his former employer and the City of Dallas.
A bystander captured part of the incident on cell phone video:
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