Former photographer is suing Texas Longhorns mascot Bevo, well sort of

The owners and handlers of the Texas Longhorns mascot Bevo are being sued by former Austin-American Statesman photographer.

The year of 2020 has been a wild one. From basketball tournaments being cancelled, baseball and softball as well. Not to mention it has been the most odd football season as well. From week to week no one is certain which football games will be played, cancelled or even postponed to a later day. So it should come as no surprise to anyone that we have another wild story. This one involved a former photographer suing Bevo. Well at least suing for an event that transpired during the 2018 All State Sugar Bowl.

During the meeting of the mascots, Bevo cleared everyone out of the area. The photographer Nick Wagner was one of those who had to move quickly. He is now asking for damages of between $200,000 and $1 million.

According to the report from Brian Davis of the Austin-American Statesman, the owners and handlers of Bevo are being sued according to the lawsuit filed in Travis County.

A former Austin American-Statesman photographer has filed a lawsuit against the owners and handlers of Bevo XV for negligence that caused “permanent injury” when the longhorn steer surged from his holding pen at the 2019 Sugar Bowl.

According to a petition filed in Travis Country district court in Texas on Friday, Nick Wagner was acting in his role as a Statesman photographer on Jan. 1, 2019. He was taking pictures of Uga X, Georgia’s bulldog mascot, prior to the Texas-Georgia game at the New Orleans Superdome.

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One year ago today: Texas’ Bevo comes at Uga

One year ago today, at the 2019 Sugar Bowl, Texas’ mascot took a run at Georgia’s Uga. The longhorn steer plowed through barriers toward Uga

One year ago today, at the 2019 Sugar Bowl, Texas’ mascot, Bevo, took a run at Georgia’s Uga. The longhorn steer plowed through barriers to try to crush Uga.

Was it a case of mascot jealousy that provoked Bevo? We’ll never know, but this was arguably the most memorial moment of the year for UGA football:

This moment will be forever remembered. Both Georgia fans and Texas fans have seen some interesting mascot moments over the years, but this may be the worst mascot on mascot crime in Bevo’s history.

Uga’s most famous moment occurred when he nearly bit Auburn’s Robert Baker in 1996. In this year’s match-up versus Baylor, Uga won’t have to worry about Baylor’s Bear mascots as they’ll stay on campus.

Uga won’t fear Bruiser the Bear one bit:

Nov 9, 2019; Fort Worth, TX, USA; Baylor Bears mascot Bruiser the Bear poses during a game against the TCU Horned Frogs at Amon G. Carter Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

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