Travis sues to block patrol car video release

Country star Randy Travis has filed a lawsuit to prevent two state agencies from releasing a patrol car video of his 2012 drunk-driving arrest in Texas.

The Austin American-Statesman (http://bit.Ly/108QQ5x ) reported yesterday that the lawsuit filed in Austin names the Texas Department of Public Safety and the state attorney general's office.

Travis pleaded guilty in January to driving while intoxicated. A judge sentenced him to two years' probation and ordered a 180-day suspended jail term.

The judge also granted a defence motion asking that the arrest video not be made public.

Media groups have requested the video. The state attorney general's office ruled May 3 that the judge doesn't have discretion to bar the video's release.
 

State officials didn't respond to requests for comment today.