Alvin Kamara indicted in connection with Las Vegas Strip brawl

A grand jury has indicted New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara, Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Chris Lammons and two others in connection with a brawl last year at a Strip casino.

Kamara, Lammons, Percy Harris and Darrin Young were all indicted on a felony charge of battery with substantial bodily harm, and a gross misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to commit battery — the same counts prosecutors charged the four men with following the alleged attack on Feb. 5, 2022, at The Cromwell.

“The State has avoided a contested preliminary hearing by indicting Mr. Kamara,” defense attorneys David Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld and Drew Findling wrote in an emailed statement. “He intends to vigorously fight the allegations at trial as he was defending himself and others at the time of the incident.”

A preliminary hearing is when a judge determines whether there is enough evidence for a defendant to stand trial. A grand jury can also make that determination, although grand jury hearings are closed to the public.

Darnell Greene, the man who police said was attacked by Kamara and the co-defendants, sued Kamara in October. The lawsuit, filed in Orleans Civil District Court, alleged that Greene suffered “severe injuries” to his neck, back, head shoulder, knees and face, including a “disfiguring facial fracture” and blunt trauma to his head. His attorneys wrote in the complaint that Greene will need to undergo multiple surgeries.

According to an arrest report, Kamara told police he thought that Greene had done something to someone in his group of people who were leaving Drai’s Nightclub inside The Cromwell. Kamara alleged that Greene punched Kamara as he ran away.

Greene’s lawsuit alleged that Kamara shoved Greene and repeatedly punched him in the face, then chased him down the hall and continued to hit him.

Thursday’s indictment alleged that Lammons struck Greene while the other man was “engaging with one or more of the members of the Defendants group of people.”

As Greene stumbled backward, Kamara charged Greene and began punching him multiple times, prosecutors wrote in the indictment.

Greene fell to the ground, and Harris began stomping Greene while Kamara continued to punch him, the indictment said. Prosecutors wrote that Lammons briefly attempted to pull the other men off Greene, then began “stomping and/or kicking” Greene himself.

Young is accused of kicking or stomping Greene at least once, according to the indictment.

According to a police report, surveillance video approximated that Kamara punched the victim eight times, Lammons punched him once and stomped on him three times, Harris stomped on him 16 times, and Young stomped on him four times.

Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested Kamara last year just after he played in the Pro Bowl at Allegiant Stadium, the day following the alleged attack.

Lammons, who was with the Kansas City Chiefs at the time of the attack, turned himself in at the Clark County Detention Center after Harris and Young were arrested. Lammons was claimed by the Bengals on Monday.

Greene’s lawsuit had alleged that the criminal proceedings, which were delayed multiple times in the past year, have “seemingly been put on pause to allow Kamara to play an entire season for the Saints without being suspended.” Greene was seeking at least $10 million from Kamara, according to the lawsuit.

An initial arraignment is scheduled for March 2 in District Court.

Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.