A lawsuit filed in Harris County accuses an Aramark employee at NRG Stadium of sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy in a restroom during a Houston Texans football game on Dec. 14. The employee was arrested following the incident and is awaiting trial.
Aramark Sports and Entertainment Services of Texas LLC and ASM Global Parent Inc., which manages the Harris County-owned NRG Park, are defendants in the case along with Ushay Nixon, an Aramark employee, whom police are charging with indecency with a child and attempted aggravated sexual assault of a child under age 14 in connection with the incident.
“This case is every parent’s worst nightmare. An 8-year-old boy went to his first NFL game expecting excitement and joy, and instead he was targeted by an employee who never should have been allowed anywhere near children,” said partner and sexual assault attorney Anna Greenberg, who represents the family. “Companies that invite families into massive public venues have a non-negotiable duty to protect them, and when they fail, they must be held accountable.”
According to the police report and civil complaint, after the boy’s mother escorted him to the men’s restroom and waited for him outside, Nixon approached the child, directed him into a stall and once inside, locked the door. Nixon then removed the child’s pants and underwear and instructed him to face the toilet.
The child followed the instructions of the employee, the complaint says. When the child looked behind him, he “saw Nixon undo his belt and drop his own pants.” Not trusting Nixon, the child pushed past him, unlocked the stall, and got away.
When the boy’s mother saw him exit the men’s restroom, she noticed him adjusting his pants. As they returned to their seats, a Good Samaritan approached her and said he had observed Nixon with her son in the restroom and that the interaction “just didn’t look right.”
After his mother asked him if anything happened in the restroom, the child said, “A man pulled my pants down.” Quickly returning to the area near the men’s restroom with his father, the boy identified Nixon by pointing at him, and Houston police later placed him under arrest. Video surveillance footage from the stadium corroborates the child’s account.
According to the lawsuit, Nixon had a documented history of sexual misconduct before he was hired by Aramark, including prior criminal charges in Harris County for indecency with a child and indecent assault.
The filing further alleges that those records reflected a pattern of predatory behavior, including prior incidents involving minors, yet Nixon was nevertheless hired and placed in a position that allowed him unsupervised access to children at one of Texas’s largest public venues.
The suit alleges that Aramark’s negligence and gross negligence in hiring Nixon permitted him to sexually assault the minor child.
“When a company hires someone with a known history of sexual misconduct and places them in a position with access to children, that is not just negligence. It is a complete disregard for the safety of children and their families. This lawsuit is about making sure that kind of failure is never repeated,” said Ms. Greenberg.
Ms. Greenberg said the family is seeking to identify the Good Samaritan whose intervention and information helped lead to Nixon’s arrest. Nixon is being held in the Harris County Jail.
The case is ES and JS, as next friends of JRS, vs. Aramark Sports and Entertainment Services of Texas LLC, ASM Global Parent Inc. and Ushay Marquise Nixon, Cause No. 2026-02123, filed in the Harris County 113th district court.
Read more from these news outlets:
Parents Suing NFL Stadium Employee Accused of Pulling Down 8-Year-Old’s Pants In Bathroom – People
Aramark employee charged after child reports attempted sexual assault in NRG restroom: court docs – KTRK
Employee charged after child reports sexual assault at NRG Stadium during Texans game – KPRC
Parents sue after former Aramark employee is accused of indecency with a child at Houston Texans game – Houston Public Media
‘Red flags were going off’ | Former Aramark employee charged after alleged encounter with child during Texans game – KHOU
Former Aramark employee accused of indecency with a child during Texans game at NRG Stadium – Houston Chronicle
