Brandon Knight's Mother Sues Hyatt Regency Hotel

Brandon Knight's mother, Turgenia "Tonya" Knight, has sued Lexington's Hyatt Regency Hotel and the hotel's operations director for discrimination, battery, assault and defamation.

Knight alleges that on January 7, at the hotel's bar, that Westin tried to detain her and grabbed her arm, causing a bruise, after telling her that she could not sell her book on hotel grounds.

Here is more on the report from Kentucky.com:

In the suit, filed this week in Fayette Circuit Court, Tonya Knight says Westin tried to detain her and grabbed her arm, causing a bruise, after telling her she could not sell her book, Diary of a Basketball Mom, on the hotel's premises. Knight says she went to the bar to socialize with friends before attending a UK game.

Knight, who lives in Lexington, says in the suit that when she pulled away from Westin in an attempt to leave with her friends, he said, "That's the problem with you people." Knight says that when she asked what "people" he was referring to, Westin used the n-word.

"We are aware of this incident. We take the allegations that have been made very seriously and we are conducting a thorough investigation," Hyatt Regency general manager Larry Bell said Thursday. "It is premature to comment on our investigation before it is complete. Our hotel values the opportunity of serving UK fans when they attend ball games at Rupp Arena, and we do not take this longstanding tradition lightly."

Bell said Westin was still employed as the hotel's operations director.

Brandon Knight's mother sues Hyatt Regency, alleging discrimination, assault

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