CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control is asking a judge to throw out a $3 million civil lawsuit against it over the arrest of a University of Virginia student that sparked outrage when video of it surfaced.
The Daily Progress reports the defendants filed the motion Monday, asking the court to throw out the lawsuit filed by Martese Johnson, a University of Virginia student who was arrested on St. Patrick's Day.
ABC agents say Johnson was attempting to enter a bar with a fake ID. Johnson, who filed the lawsuit in October, says his ID was valid and he was not intoxicated during the bloody altercation.
Charges of public intoxication and obstruction of justice against Johnson were later dropped.
ABC says the lawsuit fails to state any claim against the defendants and says there was probable cause for his arrest.
