R&B singer Trey Songz is suing the Kansas City Police Department and other entities over his arrest at the 2021 AFC Championship game. Songz, whose real name is Tremaine Neverson, claims that he was heckled, threatened, and harassed by fellow football fans, but police officers failed to protect him.
According to the lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday, Songz was arrested following an altercation in the stands of GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. However, prosecutors later cited insufficient evidence of a crime, and Songz was never charged. Now, he is seeking unspecified financial damages for "serious, permanent and progressive injuries" to his person and professional reputation.
Songz alleges that KCPD officers, as well as private security contractor Whelan Event Services and stadium sponsor GEHA, were negligent in their duties and physically assaulted him during the arrest. He claims that they failed to protect him from fellow fans who allegedly heckled and threatened him.
The singer has a history of physical altercations, having pleaded guilty in 2017 to disturbing the peace at a Detroit concert. Last month, he was charged with destroying property at a Midtown hookah lounge and punching a man at a Times Square nightclub. He has pleaded not guilty to these charges.
Songz has also faced numerous allegations of sexual assault, which he denies. He has reached civil settlements with multiple accusers.
A spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department declined to comment on the lawsuit, while a representative for Whelan's owner, GardaWorld Security, stated that the company had not provided services to GEHA Field/Arrowhead Stadium since 2019. A GEHA representative did not immediately return a request for comment.
Songz is seeking compensation for his alleged injuries and damages stemming from the incident at the football game.
According to the lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday, Songz was arrested following an altercation in the stands of GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium. However, prosecutors later cited insufficient evidence of a crime, and Songz was never charged. Now, he is seeking unspecified financial damages for "serious, permanent and progressive injuries" to his person and professional reputation.
Songz alleges that KCPD officers, as well as private security contractor Whelan Event Services and stadium sponsor GEHA, were negligent in their duties and physically assaulted him during the arrest. He claims that they failed to protect him from fellow fans who allegedly heckled and threatened him.
The singer has a history of physical altercations, having pleaded guilty in 2017 to disturbing the peace at a Detroit concert. Last month, he was charged with destroying property at a Midtown hookah lounge and punching a man at a Times Square nightclub. He has pleaded not guilty to these charges.
Songz has also faced numerous allegations of sexual assault, which he denies. He has reached civil settlements with multiple accusers.
A spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department declined to comment on the lawsuit, while a representative for Whelan's owner, GardaWorld Security, stated that the company had not provided services to GEHA Field/Arrowhead Stadium since 2019. A GEHA representative did not immediately return a request for comment.
Songz is seeking compensation for his alleged injuries and damages stemming from the incident at the football game.
I feel bad for Trey Songz, man... He's already been through so much with these allegations of assault, you know? And now this lawsuit just adds more fuel to the fire 
. But, like, can we take a deep breath and think about what really happened here? 
We don't have all the facts yet, but it sounds like some people got pretty upset during that game 
. And yeah, maybe the cops didn't handle the situation perfectly... but was Trey really just sitting there, getting harassed and not doing anything to protect himself? 
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Songz has had some major run ins with the law already, so it's hard to feel too bad for him when he's suing cops for being "heckled" 
those fans probably just wanted to take a selfie with Trey and got denied, lol
HE ALREADY FACES SO MUCH PUBLIC SCRUTINY OVER HIS PAST, AND NOW HE'S BEING SUED FOR SOMETHING HE SAYS THE POLICE COULDN'T EVEN PROTECT HIM FROM? IT SEEMS LIKE THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT ISN'T TO BlAME HERE, THEY DID THEIR JOB, BUT THE FANS WHO WERE BEHAVING BADLY, THAT'S ON THEM. 
. Like, dude's got a history of run-ins with the law, and now he's gonna sue the cops and private security for "assault" 
? Sounds like an attempt to spin his own reckless behavior into something more palatable 
. And what's with all these allegations against him anyway? It's always something new, isn't it? 
But at the end of the day, I'm just wondering how much of this is really about Trey trying to get back at the system for not protecting him, and how much is just about keeping himself in the spotlight 
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. But at the same time, you can't blame him for seeking justice and trying to get some compensation for what happened. Maybe they should've been more careful during that arrest 
... just saying 
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He was just trying to enjoy a game, and then got harassed by fans and neglected by authorities 
It's not right that he had to suffer serious injuries and permanent damage because of it 
That's just too much to handle 
. And now he's trying to sue the KCPD and stadium staff over being harassed by fans?! Doesn't that seem a bit out of line to you? I mean, we've seen some crazy behavior from him in the past... how can we trust he won't just be fabricating this story too?