Bon Jovi sued for running over woman with golf buggy

Bon Jovi may be the most sued band in the world. Mere weeks after a $400bn copyright suit was brought against the group by a Boston songwriter, a Milton Keynes woman is now suing them for injuries suffered when a crew member ran over her with a golf buggy.

Sarah Allen alleges that she was working as a security supervisor at the National Bowl, Buckinghamshire, during a Bon Jovi concert in 2006. When a fire broke out in the VIP zone, Allen was deployed as part of a security cordon preventing backstage access. Kevin McDonnell, a member of Bon Jovi's personal security team, approached, demanded access, and then drove his golf buggy straight over her right leg.

According to documents presented at court, Allen suffered a fractured knee, ligament damage and severe internal injuries. She spent almost a week in hospital and has been unable to work since the incident. But the buggy's impact was more than just physical – Allen claims that the injuries destroyed her sex life, undermined her marriage, threw her into depression and made her nearly lose her home.

Now she is holding the entire band accountable, suing Jon Bon Jovi, David Bryan, Richie Sambora and Tico Torres in papers filed at Oxford County Court. Allen blames the New Jersey hair-rockers for failing to train or control McDonnell - and demands £250,000 in compensation and damages.

"I don't care about your emergency situation," McDonnell allegedly said to her. "Get out of my way, you fucking whore."

Allen approached Thames Valley Police at the time of the 2006 episode, but McDonnell had apparently high-tailed it back to the US, making it difficult for Allen's legal team to trace him. Though she tried to make her case in America, a court there ruled that they had no jurisdiction over the English incident.

"But if we found out that [McDonnell] was back in this country," the investigating officer told the Daily Telegraph, "there is nothing to stop us arresting him and interviewing him about the alleged attack."

Bon Jovi's representatives dismissed her allegations. "None of the band members were present when she blocked the pathway of a crew member, nor were they aware of any disturbance at the time," they said in a statement. "Mrs Allen's claim in England follows a claim she attempted to file in the United States, which was rejected."

The case will be heard next year.