Man charged with felony battery in SoFi Stadium altercation; victim out of coma

A 33-year-old man arrested final month in reference to a SoFi Stadium parking zone altercation that left a San Francisco 49ers fan in a medically induced coma has been charged with battery, prosecutors stated Wednesday, and the 49ers fan has come out of his coma.

Bryan Alexis Cifuentes faces one felony rely of battery with severe bodily damage in reference to the assault within the Inglewood stadium’s parking zone throughout the Jan. 30 NFC championship recreation between the Rams and the 49ers.

“We wish to proceed to make sure that our sporting occasions are protected for everybody,” Dist. Atty. George Gascón stated in a press release. “We is not going to tolerate violent conduct at what ought to have been a joyous event for our county.”

After the 49ers fan, 40-year-old Daniel Luna, approached a bunch of individuals watching the sport within the parking zone, prosecutors stated, Cifuentes knocked him out throughout a confrontation after which fled.

Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. stated final month that video exhibits individuals mingling within the parking zone when Luna pushes one other man — later recognized as Cifuentes — from behind.

The opposite man pushed Luna again after which struck him within the face, Butts stated. Luna fell to the bottom and hit his head.

Police traced Cifuentes’ handle in Los Angeles after surveillance video confirmed his automotive within the stadium lot, offering a license plate quantity, Butts stated. They left contact info at his house.

Cifuentes later contacted police however declined to come back to the division to be interviewed, Butts stated. Officers then went to his office in Montebello, and he “voluntarily accompanied them to the Inglewood Police Division” and was taken into custody Feb. 3, the mayor stated.

Cifuentes is scheduled for arraignment Aug. 29 on the Inglewood Courthouse.

Luna was hospitalized after he was discovered bleeding within the parking zone about half an hour into the recreation.

A spokesperson for Luna’s household stated Wednesday that the Bay Space restaurateur had come out of the coma and was anticipated to be launched from the hospital into rehab this month.

Luna is the proprietor of the Oakland restaurant Mistura. He flew to L.A. and attended the sport alone after different followers who have been to accompany him canceled, based on a pal.

Officers confronted scrutiny for not informing the general public concerning the incident for a number of days.

It took three days and an inquiry from The Occasions earlier than authorities acknowledged the incident. Inglewood Police Lt. Geoffrey Meeks denied there was an try to cowl up Luna’s beating within the run-up to the Tremendous Bowl, which SoFi Stadium hosted two weeks later.

“We don’t have something to cover,” Meeks stated, stating that the division’s silence was in step with customary follow for ongoing investigations.

Regulation enforcement consultants stated it was unconscionable for authorities to delay revealing the incident.

“You must put out that info to the general public as a result of the perpetrator is a public security hazard and risk to the neighborhood,” stated Horace Frank, a former assistant Los Angeles police chief who oversaw main recreation safety operations.

The incident drew comparisons to the notorious 2011 beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow outdoors Dodger Stadium.

Butts stated it was inaccurate to liken the incident at SoFi to what occurred to Stow.

“The state of affairs in Dodger Stadium is nowhere similar to this,” he stated, “and to be blunt about it, it seemed like a small altercation that went very dangerous…. It wasn’t such as you had individuals ganging up on any individual and beating them.”

Butts stated a safety guard known as paramedics very shortly after the altercation. He stated he was not involved about safety on the stadium.