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Rodriguez hit with civil suit over beating
NEW YORK, -- New York Mets pitcher Francisco Rodriguez, facing a criminal charge of assault, has been hit with a civil suit stemming from the same incident, officials said.
Rodriguez, 28, accused of viciously beating his girlfriend's father, Carlos Pena, at Citi Field following a Mets loss in August, was served with legal papers for the civil suit as he entered the Queens Supreme Court for a hearing on the criminal case, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
A lawyer representing Pena says his client has been in and out of doctor's offices to treat injuries to his "head, brain, face, neck and back."
The suit filed in Bronx Supreme Court seeks unspecified damages for the "extreme and outrageous" beating.
"K-Rod should own up to his responsibility to his children's grandfather, whose life since his August beating at Citi Field has been a succession of doctor's appointments and medical tests," attorney Jeff Korek said.
Rodriguez is trying to work out a plea deal in the criminal charge that would spare him a trial, the Daily News said.
"It's not going to trial," Rodriguez's lawyer Christopher Booth said. "We are pretty close. There are many layers of complication in this case. We want to resolve this case by the next date."
Rodriguez is due back in court Dec. 3.
NEW YORK, -- New York Mets pitcher Francisco Rodriguez, facing a criminal charge of assault, has been hit with a civil suit stemming from the same incident, officials said.
Rodriguez, 28, accused of viciously beating his girlfriend's father, Carlos Pena, at Citi Field following a Mets loss in August, was served with legal papers for the civil suit as he entered the Queens Supreme Court for a hearing on the criminal case, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
A lawyer representing Pena says his client has been in and out of doctor's offices to treat injuries to his "head, brain, face, neck and back."
The suit filed in Bronx Supreme Court seeks unspecified damages for the "extreme and outrageous" beating.
"K-Rod should own up to his responsibility to his children's grandfather, whose life since his August beating at Citi Field has been a succession of doctor's appointments and medical tests," attorney Jeff Korek said.
Rodriguez is trying to work out a plea deal in the criminal charge that would spare him a trial, the Daily News said.
"It's not going to trial," Rodriguez's lawyer Christopher Booth said. "We are pretty close. There are many layers of complication in this case. We want to resolve this case by the next date."
Rodriguez is due back in court Dec. 3.