Lauren Conrad’s Ex to Pay Under $55,000 in Damages
As reported here last week, Jason Wahler (ex-boyfriend of Lauren Conrad) lost a civil trial and was ordered to pay $5,000 in damages. Jurors will return Friday to hear testimony and decide whether Stevenson deserves punitive damages. The driver’s attorney had hoped the jury would award Stevenson up to $1 million, but because of the small award announced Thursday, damages will be capped around $55,000.
Dario Stevenson said Wahler punched him in the face and hurled racial slurs at him and other blacks during a fight in September 2006. Eight women and four men decided that Wahler committed battery during the scuffle.
Wahler, who also appeared on “The Hills,” acknowledged testimony that he used racial slurs. Jurors rejected justifications by Wahler’s attorney that his client was defending his girlfriend and was too drunk to know what he was saying.
Wahler’s attorney declined to comment Thursday after the verdict.
Stevenson, who is black, claimed he suffered emotional distress from Wahler’s slurs. Jurors agreed the celebrity’s conduct was “outrageous,” but did not find that Stevenson suffered severe emotional distress.
No matter what, this Wahler kid is a racist idiot and needs to realize his 15 minutes are good and over.
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POSTED BY: Eva Elise
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