Outside the Arena, another concertgoer says, he was on the southeast side of the building waiting for late-arriving friends to meet him around 9pm when he heard a commotion at an entrance.
It was some shouting, says the 44-year-old man whod traveled from Fredericksburg to Charlottesville and who asked not to be identified because of the high profile nature of the case. Moments after the shouting stopped, he says that a young woman with long blond hair and dressed all in black including, he says, a black Pantera t-shirt like the one Morgan was reportedly wearing approached him, put her arm out, bent, as though to walk arm in arm with him, and said, Lets go.
It seemed somewhat aggressive, he says.
Waiting for his friends and concerned that her behavior seemed unusual, he says, he declined and turned to walk away. The young woman responded, he says, by cursing at him and kicking him.
It wasnt that hard, he says of the kick, but it was disturbing enough that he immediately called his girlfriend to relate the encounter.
She told me I should call the police and report her, he says. Now I wish I had. The concertgoer, who now believes the commotion he heard was Morgan being denied re-entry to the Arena, says he reported the encounter to police on Monday, October 19, when he learned of the disappearance. Police have confirmed that Morgan ended up outside the Arena sometime around 8:20pm and made multiple attempts to re-enter. Security at the 16,000-seat facility is outsourced to RMC Events, a Richmond-based firm with a Charlottesville office. Company President Dan Schmitt has declined comment, referring questions to Arena management, who have also declined comment.
