Trial date set over University of Virginia student's lawsuit after bloody 2014 arrest
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A lawsuit filed by a University of Virginia student against the state liquor agents involved in his bloody and highly scrutinized arrest will be taken up in a jury trial next fall.
Multiple media outlets report that a Charlottesville federal judge ordered Tuesday that a jury would hear the lawsuit by Martese Johnson against the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Oct. 3.
ABC agents say Johnson, who is black, was attempting to enter a bar with a fake ID when he was arrested last March.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Video of Johnson being pinned to the sidewalk by ABC agents was widely distributed on social media.
Johnson filed the complaint in October, seeking $3 million in damages. He says his ID was valid and he wasn't intoxicated during the bloody altercation.