going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
a matter for the police; a brush with the law
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
matter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight
beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
resorting (coming) to fisticuffs; coming to blows; settling with violence
secret government business