Ian Ziering is going through a brand new authorized dispute tied to a confrontation that allegedly unfolded on a busy Los Angeles road on New 12 months’s Eve 2023.
The Beverly Hills, 90210 actor has been named in a civil lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County by Jacob Hernandez, who’s accusing Ian of battery and assault, together with a number of associated claims together with emotional misery, negligence, and malicious prosecution, in line with a civil criticism reviewed by Folks.
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In keeping with the lawsuit, the incident occurred as Jacob and a buddy have been driving motorbikes by way of heavy site visitors in Los Angeles. The submitting claims the 2 briefly stopped whereas trying to alter lanes in entrance of a Mercedes-Benz occupied by the actor, noting that site visitors was already at a standstill.
Jacob alleges that Ian exited his car and commenced yelling earlier than allegedly shoving him with out provocation, inflicting each riders to fall and maintain accidents whereas their bikes have been broken.
The lawsuit additional claims that an alleged “melee occurred between [Ziering] and a number of people who got here to the help of [Hernandez].” He says the altercation was caught on digital camera.
The criticism additionally alleges that Ian later used his public platform to border the narrative surrounding the incident, which Jacob claims led to his arrest in Might 2024. He was launched after his household posted the $50,000 bail. At his arraignment the next month, Jacob was advised the District Lawyer’s workplace was not transferring ahead with legal expenses.
“[Hernandez] had his title negatively plastered within the media because of the general public megaphone which the [Ziering] held, mendacity by omission in a number of interviews, making [Hernandez] out to be the aggressor.[Hernandez] doesn’t need to depart his residence for worry of public humiliation nor open his social media functions, as [Ziering‘s] story was publicized vilifying [Hernandez],” the submitting claims.
Jacob is searching for compensatory and punitive damages and has requested a jury trial.
A couple of days after the alleged incident, Ian shared his model of occasions on Instagram, noting that his daughter, Penna, 10, was current.
Ian beforehand stated the encounter escalated after he exited his car to evaluate potential injury and stated he navigated the state of affairs to guard himself.
“Yesterday, I skilled an alarming incident involving a gaggle of people on mini bikes. Whereas caught in site visitors, my automobile was approached aggressively by considered one of these riders resulting in an unsettling confrontation. In an try and assess any injury I exited my automobile. This motion, sadly, escalated right into a bodily altercation, which I navigated to guard myself,” he wrote on the time.
