civil suit

Ben Folds Five frontman divorces fifth wife Emma Sandall after 6 years of marriage

12/19/202312/19/2023 Robert Sanchez

Ben Folds Five frontman and pianist, Benjamin Scott Folds filed this week to divorce his wife, Australian ballet dancer Emma Sandall, after six years of marriage, stating irreconcilable differences in the pleadings. Under a proposed marital dissolution agreement, Folds will be required to pay her a lump sum of $475,000 for any interest she has in their Nashville home. Additionally, he will pay $650,000 over a period of 24 months ($27,083.33/monthly), pay the cost of her car insurance for the next year, pay her $50,000 of additional funds to assist in the purchase of furniture for her new home, and pay her $210,000 AUD from a National Australian Bank account once the divorce is finalized. Folds has four prior marriages since 1987.

Nashville Woman suing for $1,000,000 after boyfriend butt-dialed her during sex with another man for 1hr 28 min

04/02/2019 Jason Steen

A Nashville woman is suing for $1,000,000 after a man she was dating for 4 years accidentally butt-dialed her in the midst of a sexual encounter with another man, which lasted 1 hour and 28 minutes. She later learned she was infected with an incurable STD.

Man sues Hermitage McDonald’s for $15K – says he bit into a staple in his Big Mac

03/15/201903/15/2019 Jason Steen

A Nashville man says he bit into a Big Mac from the McDonald’s on Lebanon Pk in Hermitage, and got a surprise that has cost him a lot of money, pain, and anxiety since it happened. He is suing for $15K+

Spot’s Pet Supply owner Chad Baker sued over another dog’s injury/death.

03/14/201903/14/2019 Jason Steen

A lawsuit has been filed against Chad Baker, an owner of Spot’s Pet Supply (and also of The Dog Spot), in response to the death of Lucy, a dog that was allegedly injured while in their care last year. Chad Baker has been on the losing end of another lawsuit recently, due to the death of a dot at The Dog Spot location in East Nashville, which as recently closed, as did as their downtown location.

$7.5 mil lawsuit alleges man brutally beaten in back room of Crazy Town bar

02/05/201902/28/2020 Jason Steen

A $7,500,000.00 lawsuit has been filed against Crazy Town in downtown Nashville, alleging that a man celebrating a bachelor party at the venue was brutally beaten without provocation, and then taken to a back room where the brutal assault continued and escalated, resulting in serious bodily injury.

Wrongful death lawsuit filed in I-40 ambulance crash that ejected and killed 2

12/04/2018 Jason Steen

Less than 72 hours after it happened, a wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the ambulance crash on I-40 Friday night, that ejected and killed the two people in the rear of the ambulance. The family of the patient that was in the ambulance filed suit in a Nashville court on Monday.

Nashville Underground sued; bouncer charged after attacking black couple, body-slammed female, left both bleeding

11/21/2018 Jason Steen

Bouncer Jordan Frye stopped the elevator doors and got into the elevator with the patrons. Once inside the elevator, Frye is charged with punching the black male patron in the face, then grabbing the black female, and body slamming her onto the floor of the elevator. Frye then picked up the male from behind, and placed him in a headlock.

Off-duty THP Lieutenant accused of having female stripped & cavity searched against her will at Titan’s Game

10/25/2018 Jason Steen

In a lawsuit filed last week in Davidson County Circuit Court, a woman says she was stripped searched and forcibly double-cavity searched against her will at the direction of an off-duty THP officer, while working at Tennessee Titan’s game.

Nashville Sheriff served order to seize $20K worth of Jewelry & Clothing from Julie Chrisley

06/15/2018 Jason Steen

The Nashville Sheriff’s Levy Squad was about to take over $20K worth of jewelry, clothes & other personal items from Julie Chrisley to satisfy a debt she refused to pay.