Legal Question in Civil Litigation in California
What rights do bouncer/security guards have?
My boyfriend, Roman, was jumped, beat and then arrested and charged with assult and battery while we were at a concert. Not by another concert goer, but by the bouncer. The "bouncer" said that Roman was running around hitting the other patrons and spraying them with a fire extinguisher. Our problem is that there is no way possible he could have been doing this - he was holding our 4 year old son in his arms when the bouncer first approached us, shoving Roman hard from behind us, knocking my son over chairs, onto the floor.
We had plenty of witnesses at the time, but we didn't personally know them. Now it turns out we need those witnesses, because the D.A. has told us that the bouncers word will most likely be taken before ours, because my son and I aren't good enough witnesses.
Our question is what rights do a bouncer have? What gives them the right to put there hands on someone? Because what the way it seems to us is that a bouncer, a position that has no requirements or qualifications for employment, has more rights than a police officer does.
Our next court date is 9/20/99. Roman makes too much for pub. def., but not enough for an attorney. He faces losing his job, his house, and custody of his older son.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: What rights do bouncer/security guards have?
Your boyfriend has so much at stake (and you haven't even mentioned the possible sentence he faces!) that he needs a lawyer, even if the cost is painful. He should get one immediately and bring the lawyer to court on 9/20.
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