CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Former boxing champ Adrien Broner was hit with a $830,000 judgment in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas on Tuesday, in connection with a June 2018 incident at The Park Social Lounge in Cleveland, according to the plaintiff’s attorney Subodh Chandra.
The lawsuit, filed in June 2019, alleged Broner attacked the victim—who he’d never met—as she sat with two other women on a couch in the crowded nightclub.
Broner, according to the complaint, “thrust himself on to [the victim], pinned her beneath his body, and began kissing her.” The victim said she struggled to free herself but was unable to push him off of her as he stuck his tongue down her throat, kissed her neck and body, and continued pressing himself on her.
One of Mr. Broner’s friends reportedly pulled him off of her, after a bystander snapped a photo of the assault.
The victim immediately reported the crime to Cleveland police. Broner was indicted on Oct. 29, 2018 on charges including gross sexual imposition. On April 8, 2019, he pleaded guilty to assault and unlawful restraint, and was sentenced to probation.
Despite being notified, Broner did not appear at the hearing to contest the damages.
The victim's lead counsel, Ashlie Case Sletvold, said, “One would hope this judgment will teach Adrien Broner to keep his hands to himself.”
Broner has a professional record of 33-4-1 with 24 knockouts. He has competed most recently in the welterweight division.
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