Update: Georgia Tech student files lawsuit seeking damages from Perdue's phone 'snatching'
The Georgia Tech student whose smartphone was briefly snatched by U.S. Sen. David Perdue filed a lawsuit against the Georgia Republican on Monday, seeking damages for alleged unlawful battery.
The firm helmed by state Rep. David Dreyer, D-Atlanta, and former mayoral candidate Michael Sterling filed a civil battery complaint in Fulton State Court on behalf of the student, Nate Knauf.
The suit seeks a jury trial, damages, attorneys’ fees and costs from Perdue stemming from a confrontation at a football tailgate on Oct. 13.
“Instead of answering his constituent’s question, civilly interacting with Mr. Knauf, or simply leaving, Senator Perdue forcefully took Mr. Knauf’s phone without his permission in a rude and offensive manner, which constitutes unlawful battery under Georgia law,” the complaint alleges.
Read more: https://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/tech-student-file-lawsuit-targeting-perdue-phone-snatching/T6TDFytdaNFNDl2I0GMCRL/
Earlier thread:
Video: Senator snatches cell phone from college student asking question in Georgia
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