The Dodgers have responded to a lawsuit filed by a man who sued the team alleging he was wrongfully ejected up by security guards on "Hello Kitty Night" at Dodger Stadium in 2023 by denying his allegations and saying the plaintiff should pay for their legal costs.

Mark Findler's Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges civil rights violations, assault, battery, negligence and negligent hiring, retention and supervision. Findler seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages in the suit filed Jan. 31.

But in court papers filed Tuesday, Dodger lawyers deny all of Findler's allegations and cite multiple defenses, including that the guards acted in self-defense and did not intend to violate Findler's civil rights.

Findler should "take nothing" through his complaint and the Dodgers sh

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