Kentucky.com is reporting that current Detroit Pistons and former Kentucky guard Brandon Knight’s mother, Tonya Knight, is suing the Hyatt Regency in Lexington for an incident that happened with the hotel’s operation director Jeff Westin.
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In the suit, filed this week in Fayette Circuit Court, Tonya Knight says that Westin attempted 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.[/I]
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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 when she asked what “people” he was referring to, Westin used the n-word.[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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“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.”[/I][/FONT][/COLOR]
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Bell said Westin is still employed as the hotel’s operations director.
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Be interesting to see if there is any backlash from Kentucky fans, especially since the Knight family is very well respected in the Lexington community. [/FONT][/COLOR]
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