Chicago restaurant SUES TikToker who claimed bouncer threw her down flight of stairs after CCTV footage of her being safely escorted out

A TikToker is being sued for claiming a Chicago restaurant's bouncer 'manhandled' her and threw her down stairs after CCTV showed her being safely escorted out. 

Hubbard Inn, a swanky cocktail restaurant in Chicago, was put on blast by Julia Reel, 22, who claimed in a TikTok video that she was violently thrown out of the establishment by its bouncer. 

Reel alleged in her video that a bouncer pulled her from a second-floor restroom and threw her down a set of stairs shortly after midnight on March 10. She also filed a police report making the same claims. 

The 22-year-old, who is now being sued by the restaurant for defamation, was allegedly treated for bruises and a concussion at at emergency room, according to her lawyers. 

After her video went viral, Hubbard Inn received backlash including negative reviews, cancellations and threats. 

A 22-year-old TikToker, Julia Reel (pictured) is being sued for claiming a Chicago restaurant's bouncer 'manhandled' her and threw her down stairs after CCTV showed her being safely escorted out

Hubbard Inn, a swanky cocktail restaurant in Chicago, was put on blast by Julia Reel, 22, who claimed in a TikTok video that she was violently thrown out of the establishment by its bouncer

Reel alleged in her video that a bouncer pulled her from a second-floor restroom and threw her down a set of stairs shortly after midnight on March 10. She also filed a police report making the same claims

Along with the lawsuit, Hubbard Inn uploaded a TikTok countering all of Reel's claims with CCTV footage which revealed what actually happened that night

In a lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County, Hubbard Inn alleges the woman defamed the business, located at 110 W. Hubbard Street, by making her claims. 

Along with the lawsuit, Hubbard Inn uploaded a TikTok countering all of Reel's claims with CCTV footage which revealed what actually happened that night. 

'I'm just pushed down. He sends me flying down the staircase,' Reel had said in the now-deleted video which garnered more than 100,000 views, according to the Chicago Sun Times. 

Hubbard Inn's TikTok showed Reel being safely escorted out of the restaurant by the security guard. 

'Below is footage of Ms. Reel walking down the stairs toward the exit,' the restaurant said in its video captions. 'She was politely escorted off the premises, ensuring a safe exit.' 

However, Reel's lawyers have claimed that the security footage presents a 'misleading narrative' and that there is an unexplained two-minute gap in the video. 

'Respectfully, we urge the public to hold off on a rush to judgment and/or victim shaming until all of the evidence is presented in a court of law,' Reel's lawyers at the firm Corboy & Demetrio said in their own video. 

'It is undisputed that Ms. Reel sustained a concussion and presented to the hospital with visible lacerations and other evidence of significant injury,' the video further alleges.  

Hubbard Inn said in the lawsuit that the woman and her friend were verbally abusive to staff in the second-floor restroom, which resulted in the guard to escorting the women outside.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County, Hubbard Inn alleges the woman defamed the business, located at 110 W. Hubbard Street, by making her claims

However, Reel's lawyers have claimed that the security footage presents a 'misleading narrative' and that there is an unexplained two-minute gap in the video

The police report states that Reel reported an assault and told the police that a guard came into the bathroom as she was peeing and pulled her out by grabbing her arm

The restaurant says the edited CCTV clips only have a 45-second gap, and that security video does not show eight steps of the staircase.

'Not surprisingly, Hubbard Inn's security camera footage does not cover every square foot of the premises,' the lawsuit states. 'The footage does show, however, Defendant being calmly escorted... out of the establishment.'

'This clearly contradicts her false allegations that she was 'grabb[ed],' 'manhandle[d],' and 'dragg[ed]' out of the bathroom and into the hallway, and 'shoved' down the stairs, sending her 'flying down the rest of the staircase,' at which point she 'slammed her head on the ground,' the lawsuit reads.

The police report states that Reel reported an assault and told the police that a guard came into the bathroom as she was peeing and pulled her out by grabbing her arm.

The guard allegedly said, 'We know what you are doing,' and pushed her toward the exit, before she could fully dress after using the toilet, and down the stairs. 

Reel and the friend she was with went to the hospital, where she was treated for her injuries, the police report states. However, the report does not mention a concussion.

No arrests have been made in relation to the incident, according to Chicago police.