Christie, in turn, filed a public records request to obtain the videos for himself. The sheriff’s office opened an investigation into the altercation and requested the videos, which were promptly provided. The lawsuit simply says that Christie was a patron of ilani and was involved in an “altercation.” Snippets of whatever occurred were recorded on the casino’s security system. The Cowlitz tribe does not describe the events of that night in its court filings. Poser said his client does not know the people who assaulted him. 6, after a viewing of an Ultimate Fighting Championship event. Posner, a Camas-based attorney, said Christie was attacked by a group of people at the casino Oct. 29, requesting that a Clark County Superior Court judge permanently bar the sheriff’s office from handing over the videos to Richard Christie, the co-defendant in the case.
The tribe’s gaming authority filed the lawsuit Oct.
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is suing the Clark County Sheriff’s Office to prevent it from releasing video surveillance of an alleged assault in October at ilani casino.