April 27, 2010 – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit involving a former security officer at Marina City’s House of Blues.

The officer, Darrel Gibson, was captured on cell phone video assaulting 23-year-old Brittney Hernandez on October 12. Gibson plead guilty to misdemeanor battery and was sentenced to a year of court supervision and anger management counseling.

Terms of the settlement, reached last week, were not disclosed, but the attorney for Hernandez called it “fair.” Hernandez had been seeking at least $100,000.

“We found the attorneys for House of Blues to be very cooperative,” said Stuart Brody following a status hearing on Tuesday morning, “and we are pleased to have settled the case.”

Brody says discussions with HOB were “minimal” and that the video of the incident was helpful, otherwise it would have just been his client’s word against Gibson’s.

(Left) Brittney Hernandez

Another lawsuit is still pending. Filed on October 8, it accuses another HOB security officer of assaulting Kristin Chopp at a concert on July 20, 2009. Chopp is seeking $50,000. A status hearing in the case is scheduled for Friday.

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