ATLANTA -- Ray Lewis was sued for $10 million Monday in a wrongful death case stemming from a slaying outside an Atlanta nightclub 13 months ago.
Lewis, the Super Bowl MVP for the Baltimore Ravens, was charged with murdering Richard Lollar and Jacinth Baker after the fatal Jan. 31 street fight that erupted after a post-Super Bowl party. However, the charge was dropped during a four-week trial last spring and Lewis pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction
of justice.
The suit, filed in Fulton County State Court on behalf of the 1-year-old daughter of Lollar, also names former Lewis companions Joseph Sweeting and Reginald Oakley, who were acquitted of murder charges.
The Baltimore attorney for Lewis on Tuesday expressed confidence that his client will be vindicated cleared if, in fact, the case against him goes to court.
"It's a civil suit that cast a net over a wide range of defendants," attorney Ron Cherry told the Baltimore Sun. "With what we know about the facts of this case, they're going to have a difficult time proving their case against Ray.
"It is very possible that this case will not proceed past the motion stage as to Ray."
Also named as defendants were Kwame King and Carlos Stafford Jr., who were part of Lewis' entourage that night but were not charged in the killings.
Relatives of the stabbing victims have expressed bitterness at the outcome of the trial. Lewis was fined $250,000 by the NFL but went on to become the league's Defensive Player of the Year.
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