Golf Cart Victim Sues Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi are being sued for 250,000 British pounds (about $471,000 Canadian) by a British security supervisor who alleges a member of the band's security team purposely ran her over with a golf cart at a concert.

Sally Allen, 37, was working backstage at a show in Milton Keynes, England in 2006. A fire had broken out in the VIP area and she was preventing people from going backstage for safety reasons.

Allen says Kevin McDonnell, a member of Bon Jovi's security team, drove up to the backstage entrance on a golf cart and demanded he be let in. Allen says when she told him he wasn't allowed through, he said, "I don't care about your emergency situation. Get out of my way, you fucking whore."

Allen also says McDonnell later added, "Do you know who I am? You can't fucking stop me," before he aimed his cart at her and drove over her right leg.

Allen says she spent almost a week in hopsital after the incident recovering from a fractured knee, severe internal injuries and ligament damage. She hasn't been able to work since it happened and also claims that the internal injuries ruined her sex life. She later fell into a depression, nearly lost her house and her husband left her.

Allen says she's suing the band because they failed to control or train McDonnell, who left Britain soon after the alleged attack.

Allen says she tried to pursue the matter with British police, but once they discovered McDonnell had left the country, they couldn't take any legal action. However, Det. Sgt. Chris Jackson, who investigated the incident, said if McDonnell returned to the U.K., "there is nothing to stop us [from] arresting him and interviewing him about the attack."

Britain's Telegraph newspaper reports that Allen tried to launch legal action against McDonnell in the U.S., but a court said it didn't have jurisdiction to deal with the case. McDonnell apparently no longer works for Bon Jovi and attempts by Allen's lawyers to track him down in the U.S. have failed, so she launched her suit against band members Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Richie Sambora and Tico Torres and their companies for trespass to the person and negligence.

Bon Jovi responded to Allen's suit with this statement:

"Mrs. Allen's claim concerns injuries she states occurred at a Bon Jovi show. None of the band members were present when she blocked the pathway of a crew member, nor were they aware of any disturbance at the time.

"Mrs. Allen's claim in England follows a claim she attempted to file in the United States, which was rejected.

"As English proceedings are ongoing, we are not in a position to comment further."

The case is due to be heard sometime next year.