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WATCH: Video Shows New Orleans Saints’ Alvin Kamara, Cincinnati Bengals’ Chris Lammons In Elevator Brawl

<p>Surveillance video shows New Orleans Saints&&num;8217&semi; <strong>Alvin Kamara<&sol;strong> and Cincinnati Bengals&&num;8217&semi; cornerback <strong>Chris Lammons<&sol;strong> involved in a violent elevator brawl in Las Vegas during the 2022 <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;&quest;s&equals;NFL&amp&semi;post&lowbar;type&equals;post" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>NFL<&sol;strong><&sol;a> Pro Bowl weekend&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Saints star has since been released from custody&comma; with the footage being released just days after he and three others were indicted by a grand jury over the fight on Feb&period; 5&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">CCTV Footage Released Days After The NFL Players Arrests Shows Elevator Brawl Over Pro Bowl Weekend<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The footage&comma; obtained by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;8newsnow&period;com&sol;investigators&sol;video-shows-las-vegas-brawl-involving-nfls-alvin-kamara-3-others&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><em><strong>8 News Now<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; shows the incident as it escalated in a hallway outside an elevator at Drai’s After Hours nightclub&comma; located in the basement of the Cromwell Hotel &amp&semi; Casino&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>NFL players Kamara and Lammons &&num;8211&semi; along with two other men Christopher Young and Percy Harris &&num;8211&semi; are now facing criminal charges in connection to the assault earlier this month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All four are charged with conspiracy to commit battery and battery resulting in substantial bodily harm&comma; according to court documents&period; Harris was identified as Kamara&&num;8217&semi;s manager in the legal filings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1628202869416665088" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Alleged Victim In The Case Is Filing Civil Lawsuit Seeking &dollar;10 Million In Damages<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The victim&comma; Darnell Greene&comma; has filed a civil lawsuit in Louisiana claiming he suffered an orbital fracture amongst other injuries&comma; causing him to have shoulder surgery&period; Greene is seeking &dollar;10 million in damages&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A court date has been scheduled for March 2&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Las Vegas Metro police say Greene was waiting outside the elevator at Drai&&num;8217&semi;s nightclub&comma; along with a group of people which included the four suspects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kamara reportedly put his hand on the victim&&num;8217&semi;s chest to prevent him from entering the elevator as the doors opened before he was hit&comma; according to a police report filed shortly after the incident&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Once the elevator came down I went to step on the elevator and a guy put his hands on my&comma; on my chest like to tell me&comma; like push me back and tell me I can’t get on the elevator&comma;” Greene told the grand jury&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1626332827355578368" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And I&comma; um&comma; you know&comma; I go there&comma; it’s not my first time there&comma; I’ve been there a few times and everybody use &lbrack;sic&rsqb; the same elevator&period; So&comma; when he pushed me I pushed his hands down off of my chest and then he pushed me real hard and then somebody hit me&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Victim Reportedly Knocked Unconscious As Kamara &amp&semi; Lammons Fled Scene In The Former&&num;8217&semi;s Limo<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Police said Lammons punched Greene&comma; knocking him back against a wall&period; Greene went on to tell the grand jury that he then he fell unconscious and does not remember anything else&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The indictment claims Lammons hit &&num;8220&semi;Greene in the head neck or upper chest&&num;8221&semi; and added that Kamara then &&num;8220&semi;charged &lpar;Greene&rpar; in order to strike and&sol;or punch &lpar;him&rpar; about the head&comma; neck&comma; chest&comma; upper back&comma; and&sol;or torso area&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kamara&comma; Lammons and the two other suspects then fled the scene in a limo belonging to Kamara&comma; the outlet reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1626393227778482181" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1494477882558713856" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I connected with the &lpar;expletive&rpar;’s jaw so hard&comma;” Kamara told the group&comma; per a recording taken from inside the limo&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Kamara&&num;8217&semi;s Lawyers Claim He Was Only Acting In Self-Defense When He Hit The Victim<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Last week&comma; Kamara’s attorneys&comma; David Chesnoff&comma; Drew Findling and Richard Schonfeld&comma; said in a statement that their client was only acting in self-defense when he struck Greene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The state has avoided a contested preliminary hearing by indicting Mr&period; Kamara&comma;” his attorneys said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He intends to vigorously fight the allegations at trial as he was defending himself and others at the time of the incident&period;”<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>An NFL spokesperson declined to comment on the video’s release or contents&comma; 8 News Now reports&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"single&lowbar;&lowbar;content entry-content m-bottom ">&NewLine;<p>In 2017&comma; Kamara was selected in the the third round of that year&&num;8217&semi;s NFL Draft by New Orleans and has played for the team ever since&period; This past season&comma; he recorded 1&comma;387 total rushing and receiving yards along with four touchdowns&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine; 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