Footage emerged on June 28, 2021 showing Schilling punching and knocking unconscious 31-year-old Justin Balboa in a bar in Fort Lauderdale, Florida the previous night. Balboa was hospitalized with a head injury. Schilling claimed self-defense, saying that he was "scared for [his] life" and "simply defending [himself] against the evil in this world". On July 1, Balboa filed a personal injury lawsuit in Broward County circuit court against Schilling for battery, and the bar where the incident took place for negligence.
