Overview

• Shelby Lynn Elston and her fiancé, Cain Thomas Stephens Webb, filed a civil suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court naming the Rose Bowl Operating Company and alleged attacker Julio Cesar Lopez Zavala.
• The lawsuit accuses the venue of negligence and premises liability and seeks compensatory and punitive damages, while alleging Zavala committed battery.
• Video from the Aug. 16 RÜFÜS DU SOL show shows Elston being knocked to the ground and punched repeatedly as bystanders intervened and no security stepped in for several minutes.
• Pasadena police say three people were injured after a dispute over a spilled drink; Zavala was arrested on Aug. 21 and pleaded not guilty on Aug. 25 to two felony assault counts, with the criminal case pending.
• Elston’s attorney says she briefly stopped breathing and required CPR from Webb before medics treated them, as city officials defend the stadium’s staffing as robust and describe the incident as a one-off; the band condemned the violence.