{"id":225597,"date":"2026-01-22T21:13:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/01\/22\/trey-songz-sues-police-over-arrest-at-2021-kansas-city-chiefs-championship-game\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T21:13:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:13:06","slug":"trey-songz-sues-police-over-arrest-at-2021-kansas-city-chiefs-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2026\/01\/22\/trey-songz-sues-police-over-arrest-at-2021-kansas-city-chiefs-championship-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Trey Songz Sues Police Over Arrest at 2021 Kansas City Chiefs Championship Game\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- no image --><\/p>\n<div><!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div class=\"pmc-paywall\">\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tEmbattled R&amp;B singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/artist\/trey-songz\/\">Trey Songz<\/a> is suing police officers over his arrest at the 2021 AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSongz (real name Tremaine Neverson) brought negligence claims in a Thursday (Jan. 22) lawsuit against the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD), whose officers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-arrested-kc-chiefs-game\/\">arrested the singer<\/a> following an altercation in the stands of GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in January 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-9@tablet\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-arrested-assault-new-york-nightclub\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-lawsuit-arrest-kansas-city-chiefs-game\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/trey-songz-atlanta-2025-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Trey Songz performs onstage during the Funk Fest on September 27, 2025 in South Fulton, Georgia. (Photo by Prince Williams\/WireImage)\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tTrey Songz Arrested On Assault Charges For Allegedly Punching Man At New York\u00a0Nightclub\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/radio\/triple-m-most-played-songs-45-years-1236157329\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-lawsuit-arrest-kansas-city-chiefs-game\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/media\/02-INXS-bb24-x9s-billboard-1548.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"INXS\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tINXS, AC\/DC, GANGgajang Lead Triple M&rsquo;s Most Played Songs in Network History\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/business\/record-labels\/maya-jan-warner-records-culdesac-signing-1236151558\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-lawsuit-arrest-kansas-city-chiefs-game\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/maya-jan-2026-warner-signing-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Maya J'an signing\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMaya J&rsquo;an Signs With Warner Records: Debut Single is a Powerful &lsquo;Love Letter&rsquo; to Hometown After L.A. Fires\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tPolice alleged at the time that Songz became violent with officers after refusing to comply with stadium rules. He was jailed for a night and investigated but ultimately never charged, with prosecutors citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-no-charges-police-nfl-game\/\">insufficient evidence<\/a> of a crime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tNow, Songz claims that he was the one being heckled, threatened and harassed by fellow football fans that day in Kansas City. Songz alleges KCPD officers failed to protect him, as did private security contractor Whelan Event Services and stadium sponsor GEHA (short for Government Employees Health Association, a nonprofit insurance company).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cInstead of exercising their professional duty to intervene and protect plaintiff Tremaine A. Neverson, an invitee to GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium, the defendants Whelan Event Services and defendant KCPD physically assaulted, wrongfully arrested, handcuffed and detained Plaintiff Tremaine A. Neverson in jail,\u201d reads the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story \/\/ lrv-u-display-inline-block lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-margin-t-2 u-margin-t-26@mobile-max u-margin-b-0.875@mobile-max u-margin-b-150@tablet u-border-t-12 lrv-u-padding-t-025 u-padding-b-1.313 lrv-u-padding-b-125@mobile-max lrv-u-border-color-black injected-single-story lrv-u-border-b-1\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  lrv-a-unstyle-link lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap u-font-weight-700 lrv-u-display-inline-block u-line-height-18px a-font-accent u-letter-spacing-0225 u-font-size-16 lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-article-badge-underline a-article-esp u-display-inline-flex lrv-u-margin-b-1@mobile-max u-margin-b-075\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tRelated\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<div class=\"injected-related-story-wrapper lrv-u-flex lrv-u-justify-content-space-between lrv-u-padding-tb-050@desktop a-children-border-vertical a-children-border--grey a-children-border-width-050\">\n<div class=\"o-card \">\n<p>\t\t\t<a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-settles-sexual-assault-lawsuit-new-years-eve\/\" class=\"lrv-u-color-black:hover lrv-u-flex u-flex-direction-column@desktop\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  lrv-u-margin-b-075 lrv-u-margin-b-00@mobile-max u-width-130px@mobile-max\">\n<div class=\"a-crop-6x4 a-crop-3x2@mobile-max\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-lawsuit-arrest-kansas-city-chiefs-game\/\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/trey-songz-2022-billboard-1800.jpg?w=237&amp;h=147&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"Trey Songz\" data-lazy-srcset=\"\" data-lazy-sizes=\"auto\" height=\"\" width=\"\"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-card__content \">\n<p><span class=\"c-span  lrv-u-whitespace-nowrap\"><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"o_category \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c_title \">\n<h3 id=\"title-of-a-story\" class=\"c-title  a-font-basic-fancy u-font-size-15 u-font-size-15.5@mobile-max u-line-height-22px u-padding-r-0.188@desktop u-word-spacing-0013 u-line-height-22.5px@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-4line@mobile-max a-truncate-ellipsis-3line\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tTrey Songz Settles Sexual Assault Lawsuit Over New Year\u2019s Eve Club\u00a0Incident\t\t<\/p>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<p><time class=\"c-timestamp  \" datetime=\"00:00-YY-DD-MM\"><\/p>\n<p><\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSongz is seeking unspecified financial damages for \u201cserious, permanent and progressive injuries to his person and professional reputation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tA spokesperson for the KCPD declined to comment on the lawsuit on Thursday. Reps for Whelan and GEHA did not immediately return requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThough Songz was never charged over the Kansas City incident, he has faced numerous other criminal prosecutions over physical altercations. The singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-plea-deal-detroit-assault-stage\/\">pled guilty<\/a> in 2017 to disturbing the peace at a Detroit concert, and he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-arrested-assault-new-york-nightclub\/\">charged in Manhattan last month<\/a> with destroying property at a Midtown hookah lounge and punching a man at a Times Square nightclub. He has pled not guilty to the New York charges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tSongz has also faced numerous allegations of sexual assault, which he denies. He has reached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-settles-sexual-assault-lawsuit-new-years-eve\/\">civil settlements<\/a> with multiple accusers. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubpass.co\/billboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2HpFicp.png\" alt=\"Billboard VIP Pass\" style=\"max-width: 100%;height: auto\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/pro\/trey-songz-lawsuit-arrest-kansas-city-chiefs-game\/\">Aller \u00e0 la source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled R&amp;B singer Trey Songz is suing police officers over his arrest at the 2021 AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Buffalo Bills. Songz (real name Tremaine Neverson) brought negligence claims in a Thursday (Jan. 22) lawsuit against the Kansas City Police Department (KCPD), whose officers arrested the singer following an altercation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-225597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225597\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}