Like her two co-defendants, Kathryn Knott is contending she acted in self-defense during a high-profile attack on a gay couple in Center City.
Knott made the claim in a June 23 court filing in a civil case
brought by plaintiffs Andrew Haught and Zachary Hesse, who are seeking
at least $500,000 in damages. The couple is also suing Phillip Williams
and Kevin Harrigan for the September 2014 attack at 16th and Chancellor
streets; witnesses said the trio used antigay slurs during the incident,
which began as a verbal altercation and escalated to a physical attack
that left Haught with extensive facial fractures.
In last month’s filing, Wayne Maynard, an attorney for Knott, wrote
that she “asserts the affirmative defense of self-defense, and to the
extent plaintiffs sustained the injuries and damages as alleged in
plaintiffs’ complaint, said injuries and/or damages were sustained while
[Knott] was in the process of defending herself from the real and
perceived threat of bodily injury arising from the actions of plaintiffs
and their friends.”
Knott claims self-defense in civil case
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