By Lucy Thornton 11/11/2010
A mother who was run over by a Bon Jovi roadie has been awarded £33,000 compensation after she claimed it ruined her sex life.
But after paying off legal fees and returning disability benefits security guard Sally Allen, 39, will end up with just £3,000.
She claimed she has been unable to work or walk properly since the rock band worker drove over her in a gold buggy.
She was left with a broken leg, crushed foot and dislocated toe.
Sally, from Pontefract, West Yorks, says her injuries also left her unable to make love.
In the aftermath of the incident in June 2006 she had depression, almost lost her house and her husband left her. But after four years of constant wrangling with the band's solicitors, the mum-ofone decided to settle the case. She said: "I have gone through hell since the accident and my marriage has broken down.
"I'd no idea it would drag on this long. Now I have decided to draw a line under it and get on with my life. I can't cope with it anymore."
Sally, who was originally claiming £250,000, admitted the £33,000 was a big let-down.
She said: "I finished up getting only about £3,000 after I paid back what I'd got in disability benefits and what I owed the solicitor. It's hard because I've lost more money than that through not working for four years."
The US roadie at the gig, in the National Bowl in Milton Keynes, allegedly drove over Sally's right leg as she tried to evacuate a VIP area when a fire broke out.
She says he told her: "Do you know who I am? Get out of my way, you f***ing whore".
And before running over her in the buggy he yelled: "Last chance, bitch."
A spokesperson for Bon Jovi said the band was unaware of the incident and that the roadie no longer works for them.
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