By Jackie Salo
May 22, 2018 | 8:36pm | Updated
Asia'h Sharrell Epperson, Brittany Marie Lucio and Erica WalkerFulton County Jail
Three actresses in Atlanta claim they were wrongfully arrested after using the bathroom at a restaurant.
The women — Erica Walker, Brittany Marie Lucio and Asia’h Sharrell Epperson — called on the district attorney Tuesday to investigate an incident at Houston’s restaurant where an officer removed them from the restroom, news station WXIA-TV reported.
Footage of the alleged altercation has gone viral on social media with the hashtag #BoycottHoustons.
In the video filmed by Epperson, the two other women are seen being restrained outside in the bushes by an off-duty officer.
The women claimed they showed up around 10 p.m. on May 13 at the restaurant where customers were still dining even though the kitchen was closed. Upon arriving, they said they were given permission to use the facilities as they waited for friends to finish their meal, according to the news station.
Ten minutes later, however, the manager reportedly sent the off-duty officer, who works as part-time security, into the bathroom to retrieve the women.
The officer said he asked them three times to leave but the women ignored him. According to the police report, the cop then grabbed Lucio’s wrist, but she resisted and said, “Get your hands off me!”
He reportedly grabbed her wrist again and pulled her outside the restaurant, where she told him to “Get your f–king hands off me. You ain’t about to touch me.”
According to the cop, Lucio then punched him, leaving him with two lacerations.
Police were called to the scene and arrested the three women on suspicion of criminal trespassing.
Lucio, who also faces felony obstruction charges, took to social media Tuesday saying she was “completely disheartened and shocked” by the officer’s conduct.
“I was bruised and battered, but I am not broken,” Lucio wrote on Instagram. “I appreciate the support of the community as I fight to clear my name and for all women who have been assaulted at the hands of law enforcement.”
May 22, 2018 | 8:36pm | Updated
Asia'h Sharrell Epperson, Brittany Marie Lucio and Erica WalkerFulton County Jail
Three actresses in Atlanta claim they were wrongfully arrested after using the bathroom at a restaurant.
The women — Erica Walker, Brittany Marie Lucio and Asia’h Sharrell Epperson — called on the district attorney Tuesday to investigate an incident at Houston’s restaurant where an officer removed them from the restroom, news station WXIA-TV reported.
Footage of the alleged altercation has gone viral on social media with the hashtag #BoycottHoustons.
In the video filmed by Epperson, the two other women are seen being restrained outside in the bushes by an off-duty officer.
The women claimed they showed up around 10 p.m. on May 13 at the restaurant where customers were still dining even though the kitchen was closed. Upon arriving, they said they were given permission to use the facilities as they waited for friends to finish their meal, according to the news station.
Ten minutes later, however, the manager reportedly sent the off-duty officer, who works as part-time security, into the bathroom to retrieve the women.
The officer said he asked them three times to leave but the women ignored him. According to the police report, the cop then grabbed Lucio’s wrist, but she resisted and said, “Get your hands off me!”
He reportedly grabbed her wrist again and pulled her outside the restaurant, where she told him to “Get your f–king hands off me. You ain’t about to touch me.”
According to the cop, Lucio then punched him, leaving him with two lacerations.
Police were called to the scene and arrested the three women on suspicion of criminal trespassing.
Lucio, who also faces felony obstruction charges, took to social media Tuesday saying she was “completely disheartened and shocked” by the officer’s conduct.
“I was bruised and battered, but I am not broken,” Lucio wrote on Instagram. “I appreciate the support of the community as I fight to clear my name and for all women who have been assaulted at the hands of law enforcement.”
