The nightclub
where Chris Brown and Drake's entourage collided in NYC last Wednesday has been
shut down, and over the weekend more patrons who claim they were harmed in the
scuffle have come forward with more details while Meek Mill has finally spoken
out about what he saw.
In addition to
Brown, who posted a photo of his split chin, as well as the singer's bodyguard,
who sustained a head injury, NBA star Tony Parker and Australian tourist Hollie
C., two more people have come forward to say they were also injured in the
melee. 21-year-old model Ingrid Gutierrez's lawyer, Sal Strazzullo, spoke to E!
News about what happened to his client early Thursday morning as she chilled
out at Brown's table.
"[Ingrid]
was with Chris Brown and his entourage just having a good time...she was at his
table...right next to him when this occurred," he said. "She was just
having a good time, a 21-year-old out, a young lady at a nightclub in Manhattan
and all of a sudden a bottle came from [the direction of] the Drake
table." Strazzullo said his client has informed him that a note was passed
from Drake to Brown "in regards to something with Rihanna," but that
he could not reveal the details of that alleged note because he can't verify
the authenticity of its contents.
"Then ...
Chris Brown was about to get up and leave with his entourage and that's when a
bottle came from [the direction of] Drake's table to Chris Brown's table."
The model reportedly suffered a blow to the head and is out of the hospital and
resting after sustaining bruises, stitches and trauma to her face, with
Strazzullo suggesting that "plastic surgery is probably likely."
Perhaps hinting
that legal action could be on the horizon, he added, "basically like any
model ... your looks are everything and with today's technology, with HD, a
small scar, even though this one is not small, is going to be magnified to look
really severe." The attorney also suggested that surveillance tapes? from
the club — which MTV News reported have been subpoenaed by the NYPD and are
being reviewed — would effectively answer who started the brawl, hinting that
it was sparked by Drake's table.
Another victim,
Lucy Pavlovsky, suffered a gash on her arm that reportedly required 12 stitches
and her lawyer told TMZ that a lawsuit against the responsible parties, including
the club, may be on the horizon. The SoHo nightclub was shut down by police on
Saturday along with Greenhouse, which is located in the same building and
jointly owned.
In addition,
W.i.P.'s manager, Jonathan Cantor, was arrested on unrelated charges? tied to
two outstanding warrants early Friday morning.
The NYPD is
also investigating reports that gunshots may have been fired inside the club as
the bottles were flying between the crews. The Associated Press reported that
some witnesses said they heard gunshots during the early-morning fight, but no
one has reported seeing a weapon.
To date, Brown
and his attorney have given statements to police, but a spokesperson for Drake
said the Canadian MC has no plans to submit to questioning. "Why would he
turn himself in when he did not commit any wrongdoing?" rep Kelly Bush
told the New York Post. Over the weekend, police denied reports that Drake was
to be arrested during his show at Jones Beach on Saturday.
While Brown's
attorney has been heavily hinting that Drake was involved in starting the melee
and that his client was a victim, Brown expressed his own feelings of
victimization onTwitter on Friday. In since-deleted posts, Brown lashed out at
gossip site TMZ, writing "@tmz y'all full of s---!!! It's insane how your
stories are not informative at all and far from f---ing facts!" Brown, who
has a history of posting Twitter screeds and then quickly removing them, added,
"It's really sad. All y'all in that office sit behind a desk and hide
behind ur lives by trying to tarnish others! Good game!"
By Gil Kaufman
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