An Horry County man celebrating his upcoming birthday at a Carolina Forest restaurant and bar was beaten while tending to another customer beaten by the same man, a lawsuit said.

David “Brett” Stout claims he was at Tavern at the Forest , 4999 Carolina Forest Blvd., on June 20, 2022, with friends for a trivia event when he became the victim of a man who appears to be a regular customer and known to staff as a person with a violent history.

Stout is suing the restaurant and its parent company, Rav LLC.

A message left for the restaurant was not returned by publication.

The lawsuit said that when the trivia event ended about 10 p.m., Stout was seated at one of the restaurant’s patio tables closest to the main entrance, talking with another customer.

At that time, a man riding a motorcy

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