{"id":382995,"date":"2026-07-22T22:10:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382995\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T22:10:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T22:10:24","slug":"paper-tiger-owner-settles-texas-lawsuit-agrees-to-pay-1000-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382995\/","title":{"rendered":"Paper Tiger owner settles Texas lawsuit, agrees to pay $1,000"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Empty Stomach, LP, the owner of the Paper Tiger music venue, has agreed to pay the State of Texas $1,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n

According to an agreed final judgment, Empty Stomach, LP must pay the State of Texas $1,000 within 30 days of the entry of the order.<\/p>\n

The payment must be made by check or money order payable to the State of Texas and delivered to the Office of the Attorney General’s Administrative Law Division.<\/p>\n

The judgment also orders that each party is responsible for its own court costs and that no attorney’s fees will be assessed.<\/p>\n

The order states that all other relief requested but not expressly granted is denied.<\/p>\n

According to the filing, the judgment disposes of all parties and all claims in the case, making it a final judgment.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit stemmed from an incident in January 2025 involving an off-duty San Antonio police officer who was denied entry to the venue.<\/p>\n

RELATED | Texas Attorney General sues local music venue, The Paper Tiger, over gun policy<\/a><\/p>\n

According to the lawsuit, the venue refused entry to the officer even after on-duty officers informed staff about Texas law, which allows licensed peace officers to carry firearms they are authorized to possess into establishments serving the public, regardless of whether they are on or off duty.<\/p>\n

The Attorney General’s Office alleged that after the incident, it sent a letter to Paper Tiger seeking compliance with the law. When the venue did not respond, the state filed a lawsuit.<\/p>\n

A police report said venue staff told officers they were concerned for the safety of patrons and did not want the armed officer inside the venue.<\/p>\n

Attorney Albert Mehler said ticket holders generally receive a revocable license to enter a venue and argued that property owners have the right to control who is allowed onto their premises unless law enforcement has a legal reason to be there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Empty Stomach, LP, the owner of the Paper Tiger music venue, has agreed to pay…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-382995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}