Lawsuit Filed in Alleged Cheerleader Lesbian Sex Scandal

Former Carolina Panthers cheerleaders Renee Thomas is being sued by a woman she allegedly punched in a bar in Tampa in early November. 

Melissa Holden, 26, of Tampa, was waiting in line in the bathroom of a Tampa bar on Nov. 6 when Victoria Renee Thomas punched her, police said, according to an AP report. 

Renee Thomas (left) Faces Lawsuit (Photo Credit: WFLA)

Thomas was accused by some patrons of engaging in a lesbian sex act with fellow Carolina Panthers TopCat cheerleader Angela Keathley in the bathroom stall.

She later denied having sex with Angela.

The pair then emerged from a stall after other patrons yelled at them, according to police, and that's when Renee allegedly punched Melissa Holden in the face.  Both cheerleaders were arrested.

AP:

Holden filed the lawsuit Friday. It said Thomas "intentionally, willfully and maliciously assaulted and battered" her. The University of South Florida student and nurse seeks more than $15,000 for her injuries.
"I've been humiliated," she said. "People assume I have a boyfriend or a husband who beat me up."

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No comment on the lawsuit as of yet from the former cheerleader.  Keathley and Thomas have since been fired from the Topcats cheerleading squad, after details of the incident were revealed by the press.

--Jim Roberts