article_snippet: Film showed friends of footballer Steven Gerrard, the then-England captain, involved in a  bar brawl near his home in Formby, Merseyside, which spilled out on to the street.
article_snippet: Local businessman Paul Lloyd, 35, claimed the midfielder  'threw the first punch' but, at an earlier hearing, prosecutors said the midfielder   was acting as a peacemaker on the evening of August 4 2013.
article_snippet: Mr Lloyd claimed Gerrard and Mr Lloyd claimed Gerrard friends assaulted Mr Lloyd claimed Gerrard, and following the incident the footballer and Mr Lloyd claimed Gerrard friend Mr McPartland, faced 'demands and threats' amid an atmosphere of 'unpleasantness' and 'menace' with claims of money being offered by the press for the footage, which the prosecution claimed was for 'criminal purposes'.
article_snippet: Mr Gerrard was later named in legal papers lodged by Mr Lloyd at the High Court claiming damages following the disturbance.
article_snippet: The civil case named Gerrard, his wife, Alex, and Mr McPartland, as defendants.
highlights_snippet: Film showed street brawl involving friends of then England captain .
  
highlights_snippet: But court heard that Mr Gerrard was 'acting as the peacemaker' in fight .
  