ariana mason , 21 , claims she was also choked by the man when he put her in a ` stranglehold ' at a las vegas hotel .
after filing a civil rights lawsuit against officer shawn izzo and the metropolitan police department , she told reporters yesterday : ` what happened to me was wrong and i do n't want it to anybody else .
ariana was flanked by her parents , fred and francina mason of teaneck , new jersey , plus an aunt from los angeles - tv personality rolonda watts - her lawyer brent bryson as she relived her ordeal .