Newt Gingrich Sued for Assault & Battery

A Florida man is suing Newt Gingrich and his security team, claiming he was assaulted outside the Florida Republican Presidential Primary earlier this week -- because he was carrying a sign supporting another candidate.

Edward Dillard claims he was peaceably minding his own business on January 31 when Newt and his wife came walking up to the polling place. Dillard says he was standing outside of a canopy which had been set up with a microphone stand when Newt and Callista came right up to him and shook his hand.

Dillard claims that when Newt noticed his Ron Paul t-shirt, he "immediately turned his back" to him and went on greeting other people. That's when Newt's security team approached him and tried to "intimidate him into moving from the spot."

That's when things got violent. According to the lawsuit, Dillard, who was wearing open-toed sandals, claims one of the agents "lifted his heeled shoe over Dillard's right foot and dug the back of it into his skin, twisting it side-to-side like he was stomping out a cigarette, causing a fracture to Dillard's right foot."

He claims the guy who stomped on his foot shouted to other members of the team, "Everyone step on his toes!"

No comment so far from the Gingrich campaign.

Source: tmz.com

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