A former West Point cadet has lost his multimillion-dollar lawsuit against staff members for R&B singer Patti LaBelle over a beating received while waiting outside a Houston airport terminal for a ride home.
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The federal jury in Houston returned its verdict Tuesday night after 10 hours of deliberation. LaBelle had been dropped from the suit early in the trial.
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In his lawsuit, Richard King alleges he was attacked without provocation by LaBelle’s bodyguard and two others while waiting outside Bush Intercontinental Airport in 2011. His attorney had said King suffered a brain injury that him King to withdraw from the U.S. Military Academy.
LaBelle’s attorneys argued that King threw the first punch.