Come to Music City--Where Fist Meets Face?
The owners of Music Row watering hole Tin Roof are suing a local attorney, claiming he besmirched the bar's reputation with a defamatory Facebook update, E. Thomas Wood at the Nashville Post reports. The lawyer represents a man who was allegedly beaten senseless by bar manager Wesley Stephens, a former arena football player.
According to Wood, the Tin Roof's owners say the defendant "has continued to post and publish false and defamatory information" about the nightspot. To support his claims, however, attorney Brian Manookian supplied the Post with a list of police reports detailing alleged incidents investigated by Metro police, including 17 simple or aggravated assaults since 2003 and numerous reports of theft and vandalism.
Okay, it's a bar. Pith gets that. But a rape case in April 2008? A suicide in June 2008 and an alleged kidnapping in August 2007?
For that matter, why do so many incidents seem to be surfacing in Nashville these days involving bouncers? Let us not forget the brutal beating allegedly doled out to two costumed partygoers by a Cadillac Ranch tough in February, leaving one with a cracked skull.
And what about the Alabama tourist who reportedly had his teeth punched out by two Tootsie's Orchid Lounge bouncers across the street from the bar after a disagreement over a bottle of water inside?
Dear Pith readers, if you have your own tales of Nashville bar brutality, please share them with us, along with contact information if you'd like.
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