By Zanub Saeed
One of the victims of the Aurora movie theater massacre has set forth in filing a lawsuit against Warner Bros, suspect James Holmes' lawyers, and the theater at which the killings took place, reported TMZ on Wednesday.
Torrence Brown, Jr., who was at Century 16 Theater on Thursday night during the midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," when Holmes came into the screening room and opened fire, has already gone and filed his lawsuit against the three parties, TMZ stated. Brown's best friend, A.J. Bolk, was one of the 12 people killed by Holmes during the murder spree, and while he did not suffer physical injuries, Brown is suffering from mental and emotional trauma after the event.
Brown hired attorney Donald Karpel to file his lawsuit, and it was Karpel who revealed the three defendants in the case.
Karpel said the theater was one of the defendants for being negligent the night of the massacre, TMZ stated, in that the emergency door which Holmes came through and opened fire was not safe-guarded with an alarm system, to warn patrons.
Warner Bros., who produced "The Dark Knight Rises," is also in the lawsuit, as the film was depicted as violent, and was to blame for Holmes' actions, sand TMZ. Karpel said the moviegoers were helpless as they thought Holmes' shooting was at first part of the movie itself.
Brown's attorney is also pointing blame at Holmes' doctors, whom they argue did not monitor the murder suspect closely enough, even though he was medicated, said TMZ.
Karpel told TMZ, "Somebody has to be responsible for the rampant violence that is shown today."
