Alvin Kamara reaches plea deal in alleged brawl at Strip casino
New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Chris Lammons have each reached a plea deal and agreed to serve community service in connection with an alleged brawl at a Strip casino last year.
Kamara was originally facing a felony count of battery with substantial bodily harm and a gross misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to commit battery. He pleaded no contest on Tuesday to a misdemeanor count of breaching the peace, court records show. His three co-defendants, Lammons, Percy Harris and Darrin Young also have reached plea agreements in the case.
According to the plea agreement, Kamara will be required to complete 30 hours of community service and pay more than $100,000 to Darnell Greene for medical bills. Kamara and the three other men were accused of attacking Greene outside of Drai’s After Hours at The Cromwell in February 2022.
“Alvin is pleased that this matter is behind him and looks forward to a successful NFL season,” defense attorneys David Chesnoff, Richard Schonfeld and David Findling said in a statement on Tuesday.
Attorney Anthony Buzbee, who represents Greene, announced Tuesday that a lawsuit Greene filed against Kamara seeking at least $10 million has been settled “on confidential terms.” As part of the settlement, Kamara sent a signed statement to Greene, which Buzbee posted on his Instagram account on Tuesday.
“Please accept my sincere apologies for the events of February 5, 2022 in Las Vegas,” the statement from Kamara read, according to the Instagram post. “I am happy that we were able to get on the other side of this unfortunate incident, and I wish you the best for the future.”
Greene alleged in the lawsuit that he suffered severe injuries including a “disfiguring facial fracture” and blunt trauma to his head.
Lammons reached the same agreement as Kamara — pleading no contest to a misdemeanor count of breaching the peace, and agreeing to serve 30 hours in community service and pay more than $100,000 to Greene — according to Lammons’ attorney, Ross Goodman.
“We are pleased with resolving the case to a misdemeanor breach of peace and Chris looks forward to getting back to focusing on his career and working towards his 3rd Super Bowl ring,” Goodman said in a message to the Review-Journal on Tuesday.
Young and Harris pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battery, court records show. They were both ordered to serve 50 hours of community service or pay a $500 fine, and to stay away from the Strip corridor for six months.
Both Kamara and Lammons have previously filed petitions asking a judge to dismiss the charges against them. Defense attorneys wrote in court filings that Greene first encountered the men as he walked up to them outside an elevator and grabbed the hand of a woman with the group.
“As Mr. Greene’s unwanted physical touching was rebuked, Mr. Greene proceeded to follow the female who was attempting to enter the elevator,” Kamara’s defense attorneys wrote in the petition.
When someone in Kamara’s group put his hand on Greene’s chest, Greene slapped the hand down, according to defense attorneys.
Buzbee has previously said that the allegations in the petition “have no basis in fact.”
Greene testified to a grand jury that he was beaten by multiple people who kicked him, punched him and chased him down a hallway. Surveillance footage from the casino showed Greene’s head hitting a wall before he fell to the ground unconscious.
After Kamara pays the fees laid out in the plea deal and completes the community service, the case against him will be closed, court records show.
He was ordered to appear in court again on Oct. 12 for a status check.
Contact Katelyn Newberg at knewberg@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0240. Follow @k_newberg on Twitter.