![]() ![]() "Hernan is a business owner of several successful businesses," said Ainsworth, his lawyer. He's asking Hall to take accountability for his actions and to pay for these injuries. The complaint states Fernando sustained "emotional and psychological injuries" from the fight. ![]() The complaint also alleges Hall had made violent threats against the bar manager, saying he was going to "body slam her" and "fuck her up" after she had also asked Hall to stop vaping. The complaint alleges that a server named Griselda had overheard Hall refer to Fernando as "the Mexican" and "a wetback" after he and his friends were told to stop vaping, and after Fernando threatened to close their tab. "Now that the investigation is over, he simply wants people to know that what Bryce Hall and Rory Fitzpatrick did to him wasn’t right, isn’t acceptable, and they should pay for his injuries."Ī major detail alleged in the lawsuit, which was not reported in October, are Fernando's claims that Hall made several racist remarks about Fernando before and during the spat. His priority was cooperating with the LAPD investigation, as well as receiving treatment for his injuries," Ainsworth told BuzzFeed News. "Bryce Hall made the media rounds immediately after the attack, and despite repeated requests for interviews, Hernan refused to comment. Fitzpatrick didn't immediately return a request for comment.įernando's attorney, Cheryl Priest Ainsworth, said her client is only now coming forward to tell his side of the story because his "priority" in October was recovering and cooperating with a criminal investigation. When Fernando put his hand on Hall's back to escort him out of the restaurant, Hall's friend Robert "Rory" Fitzpatrick "went berserk," and Hall began attacking the plaintiff, the complaint alleges. BuzzFeed News reached out to Hall and his team for comment on the lawsuit, but didn't immediately receive a response.įernando claims in the complaint that Hall taunted him with slurs, threats, and by blowing vape smoke in his face before the physical altercation. Now, the official complaint filed against Hall alleges the influencer and his posse were the ones who escalated the altercation. A witness who captured the brawl with his phone camera told BuzzFeed News "one of the workers put his hands on" Hall first. Hall told BuzzFeed News that the restaurant manager at the time "grabbed" him first. Cinco staff members told TMZ that the influencer and his posse were the ones who ignited the fight. There were conflicting accounts at the time of who initiated the fight. Smoking and vaping are prohibited in restaurants and bars in LA. In late October, TMZ reported that a fight had broken out between Hall, his friends, and Cinco employees after Hall was told to stop vaping in the restaurant. The complaint, which was filed and provided to BuzzFeed News on Monday, claims the TikToker used racial epithets like "wetback" about co-owner Hernan Fernando during the incident.įernando's lawyer told BuzzFeed News the restaurant co-owner suffered "lingering physical and emotional injuries" last year, and that the recent "filing of this civil lawsuit gives Hernan his voice." ![]() ![]() One of the co-owners of the Los Angeles restaurant Cinco, where TikToker Bryce Hall got into a physical altercation with waitstaff last October, has filed a lawsuit against Hall alleging assault, battery, and "violence motivated by race." ![]()
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