New Lawsuit Filed Against Plano Woman Who Physically Attacked Four Indian American Women in a Viral Video
Esmeralda Upton of Plano, right, berated four women outside of the Sixty Vines restaurant on Dallas Parkway in West Plano on August 24.Bidisha Rudra was just wrapping up a night out with friends when a woman approached and began hurling racist insults at them. At the time, neither Rudra nor her friends could have known a video of what followed would make national headlines.yelled at Rudra and her friends. “If things are so great in your country, then stay there.
Rudra and her friends took out their phones to record what was happening, and Upton flew into a rage. She attacked Rudra and her friends and threatened to shoot them. “You turn off that phone or I swear to God I’ll fucking shoot your ass,” Upton said.Plano police officers separated everyone when they got there a few minutes later, but Upton was allowed to leave after refusing to take a breathalyzer test.
Veronica Smith Moyé, the lead attorney in the suit, said video footage of the incident outraged her. She'd seen the video before her firm took on Rudra's case. “It’s horrible when something like this happens to anyone, but when it happens in the area where you live, you can’t help but feel it personally,” Moyé said.
Upton couldn’t be reached for comment, but she admitted to police that she hit Rudra, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by. Upton continued to make racist comments when talking with officers on the scene. She told police she got agitated because the group called her a “white woman.” Upton first told police she was a “first-generation” American but later said she was actually second-generation. She told them she was"Mexican American" and"Native American.
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