Suit accuses Saban’s daughter of beating sorority sister
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Kristen Saban is accused in a lawsuit of beating a sorority sister in 2010.
The suit, filed in Tuscaloosa County Circuit Court in July by Sarah Grimes, asks for unspecified compensatory and punitive damages of more than $10,000 against Kristen Saban.
According to the lawsuit, on the night of Aug. 29, 2010, Grimes, Saban and three other girls were playing “power hour,” a drinking game on YouTube.
Around midnight, the five went to a local bar, Rounders, where they encountered a man Saban had been dating, the suit says.
“Kristen became angry,” the suit alleges, “because [the man] was not paying enough attention to her.”
The five returned home, the suit alleges, where Saban became more despondent over her relationship with her boyfriend.
Finally, according to the suit, Grimes told Saban, “Kristen, please just shut up. We’re all sick and tired of hearing it.”
Events then turned uglier. According to the suit:
Saban went to her room and posted a Facebook status saying “No one likes Sarah! Yayyyyy!”
Grimes went to Saban’s room and confronted her about the Facebook status.
Quoting from the lawsuit:
“Kristen immediately used both of her hands and shoved Sarah into the corner of [an] open door, slamming Sarah’s head.
“Kristen proceeded to punch Sarah Grimes multiple times in her head and nose, and to pull Sarah’s hair …” A friend intervened, but “Kristen refused to stop hitting Sarah.”
After friends finally separated the two, the suit says, Saban responded that she hit Grimes because she grabbed her throat. Grimes said she did so only after the attack began.
Grimes was taken to a hospital, where according to the suit, the attending physician diagnosed her with multiple contusions to the face and a concussion, and said her injuries could have been life-threatening.
Grimes underwent nasal reconstruction surgery in December 2011 as a result of her injuries, the suit says.
Court filings show Kristen Saban has not filed a response.
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93 comments Add your comment
of course
July 12th, 2012
10:43 am
Keep it Klassy ‘Bama!
billy bob from cobb
July 12th, 2012
10:43 am
My Mama says that Facebook is the Devil.
returnof4eva
July 12th, 2012
10:43 am
1st…………….Roll Tide……..LOL
Mr Smiley
July 12th, 2012
10:46 am
Just a cat fight
d'ep
July 12th, 2012
10:49 am
Ahhh…the Kudzu League strikes again.
JD
July 12th, 2012
10:51 am
At least no guns or knives were involved. Nothing good can come from drinking games though.
roll tide
July 12th, 2012
10:54 am
That’s how we roll under Saban. It runs in the family. Cut throat and selfish.
wrestler
July 12th, 2012
10:54 am
Just a matter of time before they found something on Saban. This time it started with his daughter, eventually something else will be dug up.
Morris Claiborne
July 12th, 2012
10:56 am
herp derp
wrestler
July 12th, 2012
10:57 am
Now we know why he screwed over the Miami Dolphins. His daughter was close to college age and he didn’t want her to go to UM or Florida. I would say FSU too but since that is in Tallahassee it would be too far from Miami.
JD
July 12th, 2012
10:58 am
Did Grimes make a police report at the time?? Obviously not. Sounds like she needs her bills paid. Mutual combat might preclude that.
John
July 12th, 2012
10:58 am
Just someone looking for a little money.. Saban’s lawyers will tear them up.
gadem
July 12th, 2012
10:58 am
she should not have went into her room…Ms. Saban had every right to fight back if she felt threatened. The lawsuit is baseless….and FYI, any accident can be life threatening. so she got into a fight and the attending physician said that the injuries COULD HAVE been life threatening…that is comedy gold right there. And she waited a year and a half to get nasal reconstructive surgery…lol
diddy
July 12th, 2012
10:58 am
Didn’t Georga Zimmerman get a beat down like this? Except he shot an unarmed boy instead of filing a suit
dawggirl
July 12th, 2012
11:00 am
Ahhh, apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. That’s some quality character right there.
diddy
July 12th, 2012
11:02 am
Somehow Obama is going to get blamed for this
dang-dawggirl
July 12th, 2012
11:07 am
I wanted that line
Anything goes in that State! If you know the right folks you can do whatever you please and just keep walkin’
Al
July 12th, 2012
11:10 am
Moral of the story………… Don’t f..k with the Sabans
Family Time
July 12th, 2012
11:10 am
Thank you Mark Richt for being a family man and having the sense to raise your children not to become serial psycho-paths. Seems like the result of years of poor parenting and a sense of entitlement.
Really?
July 12th, 2012
11:18 am
Enter your comments here
Really?
July 12th, 2012
11:19 am
So we expected the seed of Satan to not be a bad seed?
jake from state farm
July 12th, 2012
11:20 am
How many NC’s does the family man have?
Here come the cool UGA fans with their jokes
July 12th, 2012
11:37 am
What was worse… the beating Saban daughter put on that sorority girl
OR
the beating ALABAMA put on UGA during the blackout game in Athens ????
Hillard Crump
July 12th, 2012
11:40 am
Have any of Saint Richt’s adopted african children got in trouble yet ???
Hillard Crump
July 12th, 2012
11:41 am
@Family Time… he has also produced ZERO National Championships..
fan of the abnormal
July 12th, 2012
11:48 am
Goooooooood…..Gooooooood @ here comes the cool..the beating Saban put on her soror is much better. Im a UGA Grad & we saw the blackout beating coming & so did u. HOWEVER, No one…not even u playa- saw this 1 coming. This is very Goooooooood….Goooooooood.
Now for my hypocrisy….PEACE
SEC - Latin for who cares about academics as long as our football team wins
July 12th, 2012
11:49 am
What were the odds that the daughter would turn out to be a self-centered, whiny-a$$, little crybaby just like her dad??? I’m blindsided by this!!!
DwayneL
July 12th, 2012
11:49 am
Just a normal cat fight…not a cause for a freaking lawsuit!
beanster
July 12th, 2012
11:49 am
The girl got into a fight. Big deal.
Please AJC, leave stories like this to ESPN.
na
July 12th, 2012
11:53 am
Well at least this allows her to fit in at Alabama. Maybe they can have a statue of her next to her father. Maybe she can be on the football team or at least coach on fighting dirty.
Stu
July 12th, 2012
11:56 am
Now pay attention black people. This is how you fight. No guns, no knives. Nobody dies. Just a trip to the E.R. for a bloody nose and a black eye.
Monroe's First Redcoat
July 12th, 2012
11:56 am
Ahh, drunk sorority botches, ALWAYS good for entertainment…..
Pitbull
July 12th, 2012
11:57 am
Saban will eventually sell out Alabama the way he has sold out Michigan State, LSU, and the Dolphins.
pb
July 12th, 2012
11:57 am
Bad girl Saban…As they say, the nut doesn’t fall from the tree. But of course, no good comes from drinking games late at night involving spoiled rich girls and their “boyfriends”. Boo hoo for all concerned!
Umm
July 12th, 2012
12:00 pm
So where are all the ” Thug” comments? Does not apply when it’s one of yours huh?
Harvey Updyke
July 12th, 2012
12:01 pm
All Bamards must be so proud!
Bamalama
July 12th, 2012
12:01 pm
And then she was like OMG!!! And then the other girl was all LOL!!! And then some other chick was like TTYL I’m OOH.
This is a fantastic story Joel…and I’m sure you didn’t mean to leave the comment section on did you? What a DBag you are.
That Dude Says...
July 12th, 2012
12:02 pm
Ahh yes… nothing better than drunk college girls brawling.
Harvey Updyke
July 12th, 2012
12:03 pm
she could have beat that auburn tree down with a stare
Enemas for Easter
July 12th, 2012
12:05 pm
How much does an adult human arm weigh?
bamalama was and always will be an ass backward school and state
July 12th, 2012
12:05 pm
how true Stu
overdue to leave for your next job dick, err nick
July 12th, 2012
12:08 pm
That what parents that are never around produce….way to go tricky nick
Donald Pridgen
July 12th, 2012
12:08 pm
Some one has to pay the price for the commitment that Saban and Meyers dedicates to football. It’s no surprise that it is their families. I know that works great for you Bama and UF guys who want to beat their chest and say, “Look what, ‘WE,” did.”
Harvey Updyke
July 12th, 2012
12:10 pm
Bamards win the national championship every year for producing total idiots.
pb
July 12th, 2012
12:11 pm
Umm @ 12:00,
By definition, a rich white guy girl cannot be a “thug”! Of course, she might be a mean crazy spoiled beotch, but never a thug…
Andy
July 12th, 2012
12:12 pm
I guess this story made the news because no football players at UGA were arrested or dismissed today?
Nationalchampions
July 12th, 2012
12:12 pm
Nothing will be done in Alabama because its Saban.
Harvey Updyke
July 12th, 2012
12:12 pm
Bamard logic –> she may be an idiot, but she’s the head coaches idio!t
Wutehvah
July 12th, 2012
12:12 pm
She should have just thrown her spit cup at her instead of bustin’ up her nose
just another Bamard
July 12th, 2012
12:13 pm
Andy…..waaaaaaaaaaaaa
BRYANT
July 12th, 2012
12:14 pm
The Dog fans are so jealous. Get over it. The man (Saban) raises millions of dollars for charity.
Six losses in four years, two national championships. Sounds like Miss Grimes needed a good smack. The schedule gods have set you up again this year, be thankful for that. But know there is a beatdown coming from the western division champ just like last year. If you guys live long enough
you may win another NC. Auburn waited 63 years in between championships. If you guys live till 2043 you have a shot!!
atlnative
July 12th, 2012
12:14 pm
“Roll Damn Tide”!
Hillard Crump
July 12th, 2012
12:16 pm
bamalama was and always will be an ass backward school and state………….
is a Cool UGA fan with a big “G” sticker on the back window of his pickup truck
Pedro
July 12th, 2012
12:16 pm
@Billy Bob – Your name should be Bobby Bouchet because of your medulla oblongata.
Nick Saban's daughter
July 12th, 2012
12:17 pm
I can recruit better than Mark “Saint” Richt!!!!
UGA = bhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahhahahaha
Bamalama
July 12th, 2012
12:17 pm
Was she rollin with Isiah Crowell?
Dawg County
July 12th, 2012
12:17 pm
Hey Dawg nation..shut up…this was a student not a student athlete unlike your classy program.
SugarfreeSailor
July 12th, 2012
12:17 pm
How in the world is this considered “Sports News Now”?
Mark Richt's barber.. what an easy job
July 12th, 2012
12:19 pm
Charge the guy $50.00 for a thirty second butt cut.
Bamalama
July 12th, 2012
12:19 pm
Sad thing is she is tougher than 75% of the UGA football team. Strength and Conditioning…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
We beat Vandy and Ga. Tech every year.. we are awesome
July 12th, 2012
12:20 pm
Alabama wins National Championships
UGAg wins preseason National Championships
Where are the Krystal jokes flea bags ???
July 12th, 2012
12:21 pm
Come one you brain dead mutts……
Kennesaw Gator
July 12th, 2012
12:24 pm
Hmm…, Cruising bars, heavy drinking, getting in fights with legal complications – sounds like a good candidate for Richt’s dawgs.
No, on second thought, she’s probably too tough and mean to play football for Georgia.
Xavier
July 12th, 2012
12:24 pm
Yeah, because all of your college-aged kids are just sweet, little angels.
Morons.
elroytheelder
July 12th, 2012
12:29 pm
Why did she get all bent out of shape just because she saw her dad in a bar?
duronimo
July 12th, 2012
12:37 pm
See what just being around Tuscaloosa does to. otherwise, intelligent, refined, church-going people. This same situation in Athens? They would have never made it home from the bar. Snared by a random road block, they would done what all Americans are getting use to. They would have shown their papers, explained where they were going and where they had been, and be subjected to a pat down and car search. By that time everyone would have cooled down.
K Conway
July 12th, 2012
12:37 pm
If it was a Bama footplayer this would have not been a news item…it would have beeb kept under wraps!!!
'94 UGA Alumni
July 12th, 2012
12:37 pm
If this had been done by an Alabama player we would have never known. Alabama’s motto = “Do whatever it takes to win, no matter the cost”
Dawglasville
July 12th, 2012
12:39 pm
It is amazing how some of you Bama, Auburn, UF guys manage to band together to take shots at UGA. It’s almost as if you aren’t really Bama, Auburn, or UF guys at all. Stop living your lives through other football teams. Go build something.
Lily
July 12th, 2012
12:42 pm
Coming soon to reality TV: “When Sorority Girls Attack!”
Bamalama
July 12th, 2012
12:43 pm
Dawglasville’s comment couldn’t be more priceless when all you need to do is look at the comment that precedes his.
Kettle.
nobody likes Milhouse!
July 12th, 2012
12:57 pm
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Little Nicky doesn’t have time for this s**t.
A-ROD
July 12th, 2012
1:00 pm
@Soft STU….This is BAMA country, if you are going to come down here, ya’ll better bring your “A” GAME. We don’t do the puss in boots HERE. We hit you in your soup coolers, ask the GA Bulldykes
Storm Shadow
July 12th, 2012
1:01 pm
“Saban and three other girls were playing “power hour,” a drinking game on YouTube.”
Power hour has been around a lot longer than YouTube. Also, only bitches play “power hour”. The Century Club is the real deal.
Charles
July 12th, 2012
1:02 pm
She’s only suing for $10,000???? I would imagine the surgery cost that much.
Monroe's First Redcoat
July 12th, 2012
1:04 pm
I hear Petrino’s looking for a new girlfriend…..
Reporter Guy
July 12th, 2012
1:08 pm
Mark Richt has lost control of Nick Saban’s daughter!
fuzzybee
July 12th, 2012
1:09 pm
I didn’t know Saban’s daughter was dating Isaiah Crowell!
fuzzybee
July 12th, 2012
1:11 pm
‘Bama makes a bid to overtake UGA as #1 party school.
fuzzybee
July 12th, 2012
1:13 pm
I think this was a scene from ‘Mean Girls’. Kristen was played by Lindsay Lohan.
TrishaDishaWarEagle
July 12th, 2012
1:18 pm
Nuck saban’s gonna loose all his fancy foosball games and fail his big exam
TrishaDishaWarEagle
July 12th, 2012
1:19 pm
Nuckwas a polite 9ntra-state typo, It’s usually worse, because Nick rhymes with D**k
Devil's Advocate
July 12th, 2012
1:20 pm
How can this be? Two stories about FSU players doing wrong and now Saban’s own daughter assaulting another girl? These are obviously lies meant to tarnish the character of young college students. Now if these events involved UGA students then we’d all believe…
RollTideRoll
July 12th, 2012
1:41 pm
“THUG”
Satan Sabin
July 12th, 2012
1:47 pm
Way to girl, the apple of my crossed lying eyes. The bad apple doesn,t fall far from the tree.
Bubba
July 12th, 2012
1:49 pm
With her looks, I can understand why she would be upset at her only chance for a boyfriend. By the way, what good are girl fights without pictures?
Roberto
July 12th, 2012
1:55 pm
THUGESS!
Sanders Commings
July 12th, 2012
2:01 pm
Sounds like a good fit for me…
Bernie
July 12th, 2012
2:35 pm
This happens pretty regularly around COLLEGE CAMPUSES across this NATION.
Just change the names and faces, you will then find a common denominator in them
all. ALCOHOL TO EXCESS! this is not news worthy!
What about that FORMER TENNIS COACH OVER GEORGIA TECH!
RAPE and DRUG USAGE, however someone at the AJC decided no one should comment on it here and closed all comments!
OUCH!
BIRMINGHAM FOLK
July 12th, 2012
2:41 pm
Birmingham people love their city! And they love to fight too! My cuz told me!
chuck
July 12th, 2012
2:43 pm
White trash doing what white trash does…
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