Ex-SEAL who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden sues hotel after arrest, says alleged fight with security guard never happened

The former Navy SEAL credited with firing the bullet that killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is now suing the Texas hotel where he allegedly attacked a security guard last summer, claiming in a federal court lawsuit that the incident never happened.

Rob O'Neill was accused of using the N-word on August 23, 2023, when he got into an altercation with Johnny Lee Loomis, a white security guard who was working that day at the Omni Hotel in Frisco, Texas.

It was alleged that O'Neill was drunk at the time of the alleged attack. He was charged with assault and public intoxication. The Collin County District Attorney's Office has not commented publicly on whether it plans to pursue the charges, The Dallas Morning News reported, saying the prosecutor's office did not respond to a request for comment on the case on Friday.

Since the allegations became public, O'Neill has not received as many speaking engagements, he claimed in the lawsuit, filed Aug. 14 in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas.

The lawsuit alleges that O'Neill “suffered damages that must be compensated, including, but not limited to, damage to plaintiff's reputation, physical pain and mental anguish, loss of companionship and companionship, lost business, opportunities, loss of speaking engagements, personal physical injuries and illnesses, and emotional distress, among other things that must be proven at trial.” The lawsuit seeks unspecified punitive damages in excess of $75,000.

Speaking to Fox News, O'Neill said he had lost “a lot of business,” adding: “There was a point in my career where I was doing 300 speeches a year, between 250 and 300 speeches in as many cities a year, and now that's just dried up because it doesn't look good that that hasn't happened.”

In the lawsuit, O'Neill alleged that the hotel “knowingly, recklessly and negligently hired and retained Loomis as a security guard despite knowing his history of violence and false accusations against hotel guests.”

O'Neill told Fox News he had a drink that evening after a long day, including giving a speech.

He admitted to falling asleep in the hotel bar and meeting Loomis on the way back to his room.

He said he never touched Loomis and denied using the racial slur.

O'Neill told the outlet he was confused by Loomis' allegations.

“It wasn't until later that I learned that I was not only charged with assault, but also with using a racial slur,” he told Fox News. “And that was weird for me too, along with the one guy who accompanied me to his place, a middle-aged white man, so a guy in his 60s, and all of a sudden he's claiming I was disembodied and used a racial slur, which I just find silly for two guys alone in a hallway.”