A man has filed a lawsuit against the Downtown Nashville Hilton after he claims he was assaulted while staying there.
Published: Thu May 04 2023|Updated: 42 minutes ago
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) – A Nashville man is suing a downtown Nashville hotel after he and his lawyers claim the hotel hired a man previously convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
Peter Brennan has filed suit against the Hilton Nashville Downtown Hotel after he claims employee David Patrick Neal snuck into his room and assaulted him by touching him inappropriately. Brennan was in Nashville for a business conference.
“I woke up at around 5 a.m. and I was being sexually assaulted by a man who had broken into my room,” he said.
Attorney Michael Fisher, of the Rocky McElhaney Law firm, claims Neal was allowed access to hotel keys, despite his criminal past. According to court documents, Neal was indicted by the Wilson County Grand Jury for second-degree murder in connection to the death of his roommate, Wally F. Haynes, on Nov. 3, 1996. On November 12, 1997, a jury found Neal guilty of voluntary manslaughter, a felony but a lesser charge.
Neal had claimed he killed Haynes in self-defense after a night out at a bar later turned into a physical fight inside a home. While appealing his prison sentence, Neal said he fired multiple shots at Haynes while he tried to get away.
“(Brennan) told me “your [sic] not leaving here under your own...
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