Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior Scribbler
A Florida lady and her folks have sued LIV Golfing League CEO and commissioner Greg Norman and his spouse next the woman stated she was once sexually assaulted all through a puddle celebration that Norman’s stepdaughter hosted at his house in Palm Seaside Areas, Florida.
In a civil criticism filed in circuit courtroom in Palm Seaside County in March, the woman, known as Jane Doe and a minor kid, stated she was once invited to the celebration in September 2021 and was once supplied alcohol via Norman’s spouse, Kirsten. The lady, a classmate of Norman’s stepdaughter on the presen, stated she “was incapable of standing on her own and was seen stumbling around the party.” She stated two alternative attendees, who had been additionally ingesting, concurrently sexually assaulted her in a grassy department close the Normans’ puddle.
The lady and her folks are suing Norman and his spouse for negligence and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. They’re in the hunt for greater than $50,000 in damages, in keeping with the criticism.
“Defendants breached their duty of care by not safe-guarding or preventing injury to Jane Doe’s health and well-being, including, but not limited to, abusive conduct by other minor invitees resultant in part from the provision of alcoholic beverages to the minor invitees,” the criticism stated.
Norman may now not in an instant be reached for remark.
The criticism says the woman has suffered “bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering, disability, mental anguish, loss of the capacity for the enjoyment of life, expenses for counseling and resulting treatment, loss of earnings, and the loss of the ability to earn money in the future.”
“These losses are permanent, and Jane Doe will suffer losses in the future,” the criticism stated.
