Man falsely accused in Dodger Stadium beating sues LAPD

Man falsely accused in Dodger Stadium beating sues LAPD

LOS ANGELES - The name who was falsely accused of beating up Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium last year said his arrest was the result of “reckless disregard” for the facts.

He has filed suit, seeking damages from Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck and the Los Angeles Police Department for defamation.

Giovanni Ramirez contends that Beck’s comments at a May 22, 2011, news conference did his reputation untold harm.

“With reckless disregard for the truth,” the suit states, Beck called Ramirez the “primary aggressor” and “a thug,” and when asked how sure he was that Ramirez was the culprit replied: “I wouldn’t be standing here in front of you. I certainly wouldn’t be booking him later on tonight.”

When two other men were later arrested in connection with the attack on Stow, Beck would describe Ramirez’s arrest as “regrettable.”

Stow was brutally attacked in the Dodger Stadium parking lot after the home opener in March 2011 and left with brain damage. A paramedic and father of two, he continues to undergo intensive therapy.