Man who claimed he was attacked in downtown Chattanooga has been arrested for alleged domestic assault

Stuart Doster / Photo courtesy of the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office

Stuart Doster, a man who went viral on social media after claiming he’d been attacked by a gang in downtown Chattanooga last year, has been arrested on a charge of aggravated domestic assault.

According to an arrest report, Doster, 29, was taken into custody at 11 p.m. Jan. 12 after police were called to his home on Knickerbocker Avenue in Chattanooga. Neighbors called police after reportedly hearing a female screaming for help. Then the woman’s father called law enforcement to report that her husband, Doster, “was drunk and had assaulted her,” according to the report.

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Upon arrival, an officer at the scene said he saw a white man stumbling away from the home. The officer asked the woman if Doster had left the home on foot. She said he had, so officers continued their search. Doster was eventually located on Dartmouth Street.

According to the report, Doster told police the couple had an argument about finances and he “walked away to cool off.”