Credit: Jonathan Stutz/Adobe Stock 'We Don't Want You Here': UGA Graduate Sues Woman Shown in Viral Video Attack
When Bidisha Rudra and friends began recording Upton's tirade on their phones, Esmeralda Upton allegedly escalated her attack, physically striking Rudra and threatening to shoot them, the complaint asserts.
September 19, 2022 at 03:12 PM
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The original version of this story was published on Texas Lawyer
The Dallas office of Gibson Dunn filed suit on behalf of an Indian-American who was allegedly assaulted by another woman for speaking in Bengali.
Attorney Veronica S. Moye is representing Bidisha Rudra, a senior executive in a multinational vision and eyewear company, for an Aug. 24 altercation that went viral on video. According to the lawsuit, Rudra obtained her Ph.D. in economics at the University of Georgia.
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The defendant, Esmeralda Upton, is being sued on civil counts of assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress, according to the complaint filed in Collin County district court.
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