Cook County officer sues over “unwanted sexual lap dance"

A Cook County Sheriff’s officer who was working as a security guard at a wrestling event at the Allstate Arena when a wrestler repeatedly thrust his hips at him is suing the WWE and the wrestler.

The officer, Noel Lucas, was sitting in a chair outside the ring.

Wrestler Montez Ford, dressed in gold and wearing oversized belt, approached him and performed what Lucas called an “unwanted sexual lap dance.”

Ford, according to the lawsuit, “approached him without warning, straddled him, and began repeatedly thrusting and gyrating his hips toward him in a sexually suggestive manner.”

Video of the incident has been shared on social media.

We see wrestlers Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins.

An announcer is heard saying, "the world tag-team champs are in the house. Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins. It just looks right with that gold around their waists."

The two are standing in front of Lucas, seated next to the ring and Ford performs his dance.

A second announcer replies, "unless you're that security guard."

The lawsuit says Lucas suffered “substantial humiliation, emotional distress, and reputational harm” after video of the encounter started circulating on social media.

Lucas is seeking unspecified damages.