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Filmmaker in Giuliani spat sues Southampton

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks

Photo credit: Getty Images | Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks at the National Press Club in Washington. (Sept. 6, 2011)

A documentary filmmaker who was arrested three years ago after a street-corner dust-up in Bridgehampton with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has sued Southampton Town and its police department for $25 million, alleging false arrest, conspiracy and defamation of character.

The suit by John McCluskey, filed May 15 in federal U.S. District Court in Central Islip, charges town police conspired...

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