BOCA RATON, FL — A Boca Raton father has filed a civil lawsuit against a youth football sanctioning organization, alleging he was assaulted by a group of spectators at his son's game and that the league failed to prevent a foreseeable outbreak of violence.
Jason Gonzalez filed the complaint on June 30, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County. The case, Jason Gonzalez v. Florida Elite South, Incorporated, is docketed as Case No. 502026CA007423XXXAMB in Division AN. Gonzalez is represented by Aaron T. Williams of The Law Offices of Berman & Berman, P.A., a Boca Raton firm, according to the complaint.
Florida Elite South, Incorporated, is described in the filing as a Florida not-for-profit corporation that organized, sanctioned, supervised, and controlled the sports league at issue.
According to the complaint, the incident happened on October 18, 2025, at a youth football game in Boca Raton. The lawsuit says the game matched a Miami-based team identified in the filing as the "Goulds" against a Boca Raton youth football team, both of which the complaint alleges were participating under the authority and control of Florida Elite South.
The complaint alleges that after a referee threw a flag for unsportsmanlike conduct, a parent affiliated with the Miami-based team charged the referee and attempted to start a physical altercation. The lawsuit alleges other parents and spectators affiliated with that team then joined the confrontation and surrounded and attacked the referee. Separately, the referee filed a lawsuit earlier this year.
Gonzalez, who was watching his son play, ran to the field to try to defuse the situation, according to the complaint. The lawsuit alleges he was then punched in the neck by one of the individuals from the Miami-based team and knocked unconscious. The filing says Gonzalez suffered bodily injuries requiring medical treatment, lost time at work, pain, emotional distress, and trauma.
The complaint alleges Florida Elite South was on notice before the game of what it describes as multiple prior violent incidents involving the same visiting team, including prior fights and physical altercations, multiple ejections for aggressive behavior, and what the filing characterizes as serious safety incidents including shootings at prior games or locations where the team had played. The lawsuit also alleges other parks, leagues, and organizations had raised safety concerns about participating with the team. Those characterizations are allegations contained in the complaint and have not been tested in court.
Despite that alleged history, the complaint claims, Florida Elite South continued to allow the team to participate in its league without providing trained security personnel, adequate crowd control, or intervention procedures at games involving the team.
The lawsuit brings a single count of negligence. It alleges Florida Elite South owed Gonzalez a duty of reasonable care to provide a reasonably safe environment and to protect spectators from foreseeable violent acts, and that the organization breached that duty by failing to remove or discipline the visiting team, failing to enforce spectator conduct rules, and failing to intervene promptly when the initial confrontation began.
Gonzalez seeks damages in excess of $50,000, exclusive of interest and costs, plus taxable costs and any other relief the court deems just and proper, according to the complaint. The filing includes a demand for a jury trial.
Boca Post reviewed the complaint, Jason Gonzalez v. Florida Elite South, Incorporated, Case No. 502026CA007423XXXAMB, filed June 30, 2026, in the Circuit Court of the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County, Florida. The filing reviewed by Boca Post does not include a response from the defendant. The case is newly filed and remains pending. Allegations in a civil complaint are not proof, and the claims have not been proven in court.
Palm Beach County court records show civil complaints filed throughout the year. Boca Post tracks those filings in our Boca Raton lawsuits coverage.
