Former Deep Ellum Bartender Austin Shuffield Convicted of Simple Assault and Obstruction

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A former Deep Ellum bartender has been convicted for attacking a woman almost four years ago. A Dallas County jury found Austin Garrett Shuffield, 34, guilty of simple assault and obstruction and acquitted him of an aggravated assault charge in connection with the 2019 attack of L’Daijohnique Lee, according to Dallas County court records.

Austin Shuffield's mugshot. The bartender was convicted for attacking a woman in a Deep Ellum parking lot.A former Deep Ellum bartender has been convicted for attacking a woman almost four years ago.

Lee tried to slap Shuffield and Shuffield responded by punching her at least five times in the face, producing audible groans from the people filming the incident. The video of the assault created a wave of backlash on social media that lasted for two days and forced the temporary closure of Barbershop and Bar, now named Cross Faded Barbershop, where Shuffield worked near the scene of the assault. A live music bar, which is hidden behind the barbershop in the style of a speakeasy, also issued a statement online at the time announcing Shuffield's firing and that it was"in no way okay with what Austin Shuffield has done.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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