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YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Months after a video of a racist rant began circulating online, the owner of The Paddock on Market, Jonathan Spanos, has filed a lawsuit against those who filmed and posted the video of him.

abc27 news reported back in November 2024 when the Spanos was captured on video during an apparent road rage incident repeatedly yelling the N-word and saying, “I am a racist”.

Shortly after the video was published on X by a newly created account named “YorkpaRacist”, Spanos also resigned from his role as an advisory board member for Penn State University’s York campus.

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The following day, Spanos issued a public apology, where he admitted to being the one in the video.

“I was wrong for using a racist term that has caused great trauma in our country, county, and to our fellow neighbors in York,” Spanos stated during his apology.

Now, months after the video went viral, Spanos has filed a lawsuit against the three individuals who were allegedly involved in the filming of the racist encounter and subsequently posted it online.

You can view the full lawsuit below:

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According to the lawsuit filed against Anastasios Marros, Kostas J. Sgagias, and Meghan Dundon, Spanos claims that neither he nor his wife engaged in any threatening behavior.

Furthermore, Spanos says he and his wife did not engage in any “road rage.”

Instead, the Spanos lawsuit says they were parked curbside, speaking with a family friend in front of their home when the interaction first took place.

The lawsuit also claims that after the video was taken, a “plot” between Marros, Dundon, and Sgagias was “hatched”, and the three “devised a scheme to edit and condense the video taken by Dundon and distribute it to others with the intent to harm Dr. Spanos and the Paddock.”

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Spanos says that as a result of the video posting, he and his wife suffered severe emotional distress, including stress, anxiety, insomnia, and fear for their safety. Additionally, they claim that The Paddock restaurant has been irreparably harmed and has incurred financial loss of revenue.

According to the lawsuit, Spanos is suing each of the three defendants “in excess of” $50,000 each for commercial disparagement, defamation/libel, false light/invasion of privacy, intentional inflict of emotional distress, and civil conspiracy.

The Paddock on Market

As of today, the Paddock on Market website has gone offline, and now has a message that says the site is in “maintenance mode”. Additionally, the long-time restaurant, located at 3406 East Market Street, is listed on Google as being “temporarily closed”.

abc27 news tried calling the Paddock on Market to confirm this closure, but the call went straight to voicemail.

This is a developing story. abc27 news will keep you updated as we learn more.

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