A 28-year-old man who says he still has scars on his forehead two years after a stripper allegedly hurled a beer glass at him filed a $50,000 lawsuit this week against the Acropolis strip club.

Cholo Circulado's lawsuit concedes he told the stripper at the Southeast Portland club to take off all of her clothes using "lewd" terms. He also threw her tip -- a dollar bill folded into a paper airplane -- in her direction, and it struck her head, according to the suit.

But Circulado's attorney, Chris Mascal, says her client's actions didn't warrant the stripper's violent response on March 26, 2016.

Aryanne Elyse Curcio, then 23, told police who responded to the scene that she lobbed the beer glass at Circulado, but she didn’t mean for it to shatter like it did. She said she might have “overreacted,” according to police reports.

Although it’s unclear why it took more than a year, the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office in July 2017 charged Curcio with misdemeanor fourth-degree assault. In September, a prosecutor sought a warrant for Curcio's arrest, but it's unclear if one has been issued.

Mascal, Circulado’s attorney, said her client hasn’t been happy that it’s taking so long to prosecute Curcio. So he decided to file a civil suit “to seek justice elsewhere.”

An attorney for Acropolis couldn’t be reached for comment. A man who answered the phone at the club said his manager wasn’t available during the day.

Curcio, who isn’t listed as a defendant, couldn't be reached for comment.

The lawsuit alleges Acropolis is “vicariously liable” for the acts of its employees.

The suit faults Acropolis for allegedly continuing to serve beer in glasses when it knew or should have known that customers had been injured by the glasses in the past. The suit also faults the strip club for failing to warn Circulado that “lewd comments” toward its dancers wouldn’t be tolerated.

The establishment, at 8325 S.E. McLoughlin Blvd., just south of Westmoreland Park, has been family owned and operated since 1976, according to its website.

The suit states that Circulado, who lives near Seattle, was in Portland to celebrate a friend’s bachelor party.

He sought medical attention at Milwaukie Providence Hospital after the incident. His medical bills have surpassed $9,000, and he still feels pain from his injuries, the suit states.

Circulado also seeks $41,000 in noneconomic damages for his suffering.

The suit was filed in Multnomah County Circuit Court.

-- Aimee Green