An ex-girlfriend of former NFL defensive end Hugh Douglas accused him in a new lawsuit of assaulting her multiple times, including an encounter at a Connecticut hotel last year that resulted in his arrest but no jail time. Hope Davila, 33, of Hartford, and her attorney, Gloria Allred, who has worked on several cases involving prominent people, filed the civil lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Connecticut. Davila believes she didn't get justice in the criminal case involving the hotel incident and is seeking undetermined damages for alleged physical and emotional harm she said she suffered in four assaults by Douglas last year. ''The criminal justice (system) failed me,'' Davila said.
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