Michael Chiesa is suing Conor McGregor and others in response to the incident that occurred back in April in Brooklyn, which was made official Monday by his attorney.
Chiesa filed a lawsuit against McGregor, McGregor Sports and Entertainment, Barclays Center, McGregor’s cohorts and others Monday in New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, per the complaint obtained by MMA Fighting. TMZ was the first to report the news.
Among the claims made in the suit are negligence, negligent infliction of emotional distress, assault and battery.
After UFC 223 media day in April, McGregor and dozens of others charged into the Barclays Center loading dock in Brooklyn, attacking a bus that held UFC fighters in hopes of getting his hands on his UFC 229 opponent, Khabib Nurmagomedov. McGregor threw a dolly at the bus, which shattered the windows and hurt several fighters inside that resulted in the cancellation of several bouts for UFC 223.
Chiesa had to withdraw from his fight against Anthony Pettis.
In the complaint filed Monday, Chiesa’s attorney Joseph W. Murray writes that Chiesa was “attacked, assaulted and/or battered” by McGregor and his cohorts (which go unnamed), resulting in “serious personal, economic, and other injury.” Murray writes in the complaint that McGregor was operating on behalf of McGregor Sports and Entertainment, his promotional company. Barclays Center and parent company BSE were named as defendants, because, per the complaint, those employed at the Brooklyn arena “failed to adequately perform their security duties.”
The complaint also alleges intentional infliction of emotional distress and negligent hiring, retention and supervision. It states that Chiesa “has been rendered sick, sore, lame and disabled; that he has experienced pain, suffering and a loss of enjoyment of life and will experience same in the future; that he has been obliged to expend, and will expend in the future, sums of money for medical aid and attention, as well as compensation for economic loss; that he has suffered personal injuries, lost opportunities, and economic damages; that he has been unable to attend to his usual avocation and activities, has suffered a loss and other benefits as a result and believes he will continue to suffer same in the future.”
No dollar amount is mentioned in the complaint, but Murray writes that Chiesa “demands judgment” that “exceeds the jurisdictional limits of all lower courts.”