BottleRock Napa
BottleRock Music Festival Organizers Face Lawsuit from Sexual Assault Victim
The organizers of BottleRock Napa have been hit with a lawsuit from a woman who was sexually assaulted at the music festival’s 2019 edition. The Napa Valley Register reports that the woman, known as Jane Doe, was assaulted by a Richmond man named Peterson William Fontes on May 25th, 2019 on the festival’s grounds. Fontes allegedly used a hand saw to surreptitiously cut a hole in a portable toilet that he would eventually use to attack Doe, whose real name was omitted from the report to protect her identity. Fontes was eventually convicted and sentenced to 16 years in prison, but the litigation does not stop there. Doe went on to file a civil complaint against BottleRock Napa’s organizers and security contractors, Latitude 38 Entertainment, LLC, NPB Companie...
BottleRock Festival Cancelled, 2020 Headliners Rescheduled for 2021 Edition
Northern California’s BottleRock Napa music festival has been cancelled for 2020 and rescheduled to take place in May 2021. In a statement, organizers cited a need to prioritize public health and safety as the reason for the cancellation. The festival was originally scheduled for late May of this year, but with the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States in March, organizers took action and initially postponed the festival to October 2020. Major concerts and festivals are a part of California’s Phase 4 reopening stage, which health experts seem to believe will not be achieved prior to the availability of a vaccine. BottleRock organizers will now aim to host the festival next year during Memorial Day Weekend. In postponing the festival, organizers ...
