Ex-Beverly Hills School Board President Accuses Cops of Retaliation

BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- The former Beverly Hills Unified School District president is now accusing the police department of retaliation stemming from a March 2015 arrest, according to the Courthouse News Service.

The whole saga started out as a dispute between neighbors that escalated to the arrest of Brian Goldberg on a misdemeanor battery charge, forcing Goldberg to resigned in 2015.

Goldberg now accuses the Beverly Hills Police Department of retaliation when officers arrested him in 2015 because he had called attention to former police chief David Snowden's financial ties to a security company hired to patrol school campuses, according to the Courthouse News Service.

The BHPD declined to comment to Courthouse News Service because of pending litigation.

The suit, which was filed against the city, Goldberg's neighbors, Nahal Yashar, Danny Yashar and Fariba Lavian, alleges false imprisonment, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Goldberg seeks unspecified damages, including punitive damages against the three individual defendants.

Goldberg was arrested after officers went to the condominium building in the 200 block of Tower Drive in southeast Beverly Hills about 7:45 p.m. on March 9, 2015, Beverly Hills police Lt. Lincoln Hoshino said previously.

Goldberg spent the night in custody for allegedly pushing Nahal Yashar to the ground after she accused him of "unsafe driving" in the garage of their condominium building, Hoshino said.

The victim alleged that Goldberg shoved her while in the elevator, causing her head to strike the interior of the elevator, Hoshino said. After the elevator door had opened, Goldberg allegedly shoved her a second time, knocking her to the ground, Hoshino said.

Goldberg, who was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor battery, was issued a citation and released, according to police. Smith said today that no criminal charges were filed against Goldberg.

Goldberg said previously that he was driving "a little too fast" in the parking garage when the woman confronted him over his driving.

Trying to avoid speaking to her, Goldberg said he "disengaged" and slipped into an elevator. He claimed the woman stopped the elevator from moving, and refused to allow him to leave, so he bumped into her as he exited.

-- City News Service contributed to this report. Photo via Shutterstock