It was not intentional. He was acting as a peacemaker. He surely didn't hit anyone with a bottle. District Attorney Paul Howard said he is considering charges against another individual, whom he declined to identify. In a videotaped statement, Lewis said he saw Oakley and Sweeting punching the victims in the body.
Prosecutors contend the attackers hid knives in their fists.
While Lewis said he did not see anyone with a knife during the fight, he told prosecutors Sweeting had a knife minutes afterward. Lewis said he saw a knife in Sweeting's hand when he asked what had happened. Sweeting said that every time he got hit, he hit back, Lewis said. Lewis attorney Don Samuel said the testimony should support a sel argument, noting Lewis said his group was confronted by six men after leaving a nightclub. Lewis corroborated accounts of Oakley being hit over the head with a champagne bottle and said he saw Sweeting attacked by two larger men, Samuel said.