Central District of California Judge Mark C. Scarsi is familiar with courting headlines — like when he took to the public record to rage against Joe Biden’s pardon of his son. But this isn’t the type of story that gets you fawning coverage over at Fox News.
According to a complaint filed last week in California state court, Scarsi and his wife hosted a party attended by high school students where there was “significant underage drinking.” According to plaintiff Alex Wilson, there was little supervision at the party and no security. A brutal fight broke out in front of the Scarsis’ property, and Wilson was severely injured, according to the complaint.
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Wilson said the students were drinking alcohol at Judge Scarsi’s home, “without any hired security or proper supervision.” During the party, the fight broke out “directly in front of and on the property of the Scarsi home,” he said. That’s when Wilson was “brutally” beaten, resulting in “significant” injuries that left him in the hospital for weeks, he said.
“As a result of the ineffective protection and the underage drinking allowed by the Scarsis on their property and their failure to supervise or have appropriate security personnel, a brutal and severe beating was perpetrated … upon plaintiff, who had to be admitted at a hospital for over two weeks to receive medical care for his injuries,” the complaint states.
Wilson’s underage assailant and the assailant’s parents are also listed as defendants.
Wilson is seeking unspecified damages for his “serious and traumatic injuries” and says he “will require reconstructive plastic surgery and has suffered personal and social anxiety and distress from the prominent facial scarring and the incident.” The complaint alleges negligence and negligent security against the Scarsis and specifically points to “the failure of SCARSI security personnel to protect him, and the lack of supervision at an event that allowed underage drinking at the SCARSI property.”
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