TikTok Star Bryce Hall Sued For Assault & Battery Over Fight At L.A. Restaurant

TikTok star Bryce Hall is being sued after getting into a physical fight at a Mexican restaurant in October.

A video shows Hall and some friends in an altercation with an employee at the Cinco Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles. The two fall to the ground as they bang each other into tables in the outdoor seating area.

Cinco co-owner Hernan Fernando is suing Hall for battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and engaging in acts of violence motivated by race, national origin, citizenship, immigration status and primary language. Fernando, a Mexican immigrant, claims that Hall referred to him as slurs.

Fernando reported in the complaint that Hall and his friends were vaping at the restaurant. When employees asked them to stop, they refused, so the employees cut them off and asked them to leave.

Hall then allegedly blew vape smoke into Fernando’s face, “posing an unconscionable COVID-19 threat during a worldwide airborne pandemic.” Fernando tried to usher him out, when one of Hall’s friends “went berserk,” and the pair “began physically attacking and punching Mr. Fernando,” according to the documents.

Fernando said Hall “began choking him from behind with his arm around Mr. Fernando’s neck” for 30 seconds. The complaint said Fernando’s injuries included “a broken hand, a bruised face, pain from being punched in the ribs, and neck and back injuries.”

“After being violently attacked and racially demeaned in his own business, Bryce Hall went to the press to further insult Hernan Fernando. Hernan sought no attention, but instead cooperated with authorities in the criminal investigation against Mr. Hall – an investigation that we anticipate will result in criminal prosecution. The filing of this civil lawsuit gives Hernan his voice. We’re hopeful a jury will see what Mr. Hall didn’t: that Hernan is a human being worthy of dignity,” said Fernando’s attorney.

Hall responded to the incident in October after the footage was released, confirming he was asked to stop vaping and claiming the fight broke out after an employee went inside to run his credit card.

“I did vape in the outdoor seating area of the restaurant. However, when the manager approached me and requested I leave, I obliged and asked for my card that was being held with my table,” Hall said. “I had to ask for it well over 10 times (I still don’t have the card back) and he said ‘No, get the f— off the property.’ He then grabbed me and tried to pull me out so I threw his hand off and said, ‘Don’t touch me, what’re you doing?’ and he proceeded to grab me again.”

Hall’s friend said he tried to stop the fight.