*Two off-duty Philadelphia police officers injured in a February bar fight involving Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy filed a lawsuit against him Tuesday in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, reports ESPN’s “Outside the Lines.”
The civil lawsuit marks the latest step in a legal battle that had previously gone all the way to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office but had failed to result in any criminal charges against McCoy or anyone else.
“Our investigation has confirmed that [officers] Darnell Jessie and Roland Butler were viciously attacked and beaten by LeSean McCoy and the additional defendants. As a result of the violent assault, both men have suffered serious and permanent injuries,” said Fortunato N. Perri Jr., the attorney for the police officers involved in the fight.
The lawsuit names McCoy, 28, and three other members of his entourage: Curtis Brinkley, Tamarcus Porter and Christopher Henderson, all of whom were inside the Recess Lounge on Feb. 7.
The Recess Lounge also is named as a defendant. Officers Jessie and Butler allege the club was negligent in failing to provide adequate security and for continuing to serve alcohol to McCoy, Brinkley, Porter and Henderson, “who were already visibly intoxicated.”
In April, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said McCoy wouldn’t be criminally charged in the incident, because he couldn’t prove who started the fight. Williams said at the time that it’s legal to act in self-defense or the defense of others.
Police have said the fight broke out over a misunderstanding about who had purchased the bottle of champagne.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office subsequently decided to review Williams’ decision not to charge McCoy, at the request of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police.
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