Post by Lithfan on Jun 11, 2017 18:14:21 GMT -5
Reported in the Post earlier this afternoon. 140 lb guy hospitalized from the beating. FWIW, Mauldin's attorney claims someone else beat up the guy.
nypost.com/2017/06/11/jets-player-accused-of-attacking-clubgoer-for-spilling-champagne-on-him/
nypost.com/2017/06/11/jets-player-accused-of-attacking-clubgoer-for-spilling-champagne-on-him/
A hulking Jets linebacker re-arranged the face of a much-smaller Queens man during a booze-fueled party inside a Chelsea nightclub, according to a new suit.
Lorenzo Mauldin, who’s 6-foot-4 and 259 pounds, allegedly battered victim Jean Lopez when he spilled Champagne on him at the Highline Ballroom, according to sources and the lawsuit Lopez filed against the Jet, another man and others over the pummeling.
A photo shot afterward shows Lopez, who’s just 5-foot-7 and 145 pounds, lying in a hospital bed with a huge black eye and severe swelling on the left side of his face and lips.
Lopez, 22, suffered “multiple maxillofacial fractures” and needed “numerous plates” installed to repair the damage, his lawyer said Sunday. “It was not a fight, it was an attack,” his lawyer Glenn Race said.
“He had surgery, he still has numbness on the affected side in his mouth area and traveling up to his ear. It’s a bad injury.” Race said Lopez was leaving the club when he was socked in the face by the giant Jet without provocation and has eyewitnesses to the attack. He declined to comment further, saying he didn’t want to interfere with an investigation by the NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Lopez told cops he was punched twice — once in the eye, and once in the jaw — during the incident, which took place around 2:30 a.m. on April 2, law-enforcement sources said. No charges were filed after Lopez filed a complaint at the 10th Precinct around noon but couldn’t identify his attacker, sources said. The Manhattan DA’s Office declined to comment.
At the time of the incident, the Highline was the scene of a “Cirque Saturday” bash hosted by “Kirill Was Here,” according to information posted online. Video of the raucous event posted on ” Kirill Was Here’s ” Instagram page shows a young woman slurping a stream of bubbly being poured down a young man’s bare chest. Lopez’ s Queens Supreme Court suit seeks unspecified damages from both Mauldin, 24, and Reginald Cook, who allegedly “acted in concert” by “pushing, grabbing and/or restraining” Lopez.
The suit also targets the Highline’s corporate owner, Greenwich Village Entertainment Group, and three other companies allegedly tied to the event. Lopez cites grounds including assault and battery, claiming that his beating was “willful, intentional, unwarranted and…without just cause.” He also alleges negligence and violations of New York’s “Dram Shop Act,” saying Mauldin and Cook were served drinks after they were already wasted.
Mauldin was widely ballyhooed for beating the odds of his troubled childhood — which involved stints in 16 foster homes while both parents were in and out of jail — to become a third-round draft pick by the Jets in 2015.
But after a promising rookie season, he’s proved something of a disappointment, notching just 2-1/2 sacks last season.
There was no answer at Mauldin’s home in Morristown, NJ, where a neighbor said he hadn’t been seen in about a week, but his lawyer said the suit against Mauldin was “without merit.” “Another individual struck the plaintiff. And that will be borne out by the witnesses and other parties involved,” defense lawyer Mitchell Schuster said. “We have a very strong case and I look forward to pursuing it. Lorenzo’s anxious to being exonerated. He was not involved.”
Cook didn’t return messages, and the Highline’s general manager declined to comment.
“The Jets are aware of the situation but have no further comment at this time,” a team spokesperson said.
Lorenzo Mauldin, who’s 6-foot-4 and 259 pounds, allegedly battered victim Jean Lopez when he spilled Champagne on him at the Highline Ballroom, according to sources and the lawsuit Lopez filed against the Jet, another man and others over the pummeling.
A photo shot afterward shows Lopez, who’s just 5-foot-7 and 145 pounds, lying in a hospital bed with a huge black eye and severe swelling on the left side of his face and lips.
Lopez, 22, suffered “multiple maxillofacial fractures” and needed “numerous plates” installed to repair the damage, his lawyer said Sunday. “It was not a fight, it was an attack,” his lawyer Glenn Race said.
“He had surgery, he still has numbness on the affected side in his mouth area and traveling up to his ear. It’s a bad injury.” Race said Lopez was leaving the club when he was socked in the face by the giant Jet without provocation and has eyewitnesses to the attack. He declined to comment further, saying he didn’t want to interfere with an investigation by the NYPD and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Lopez told cops he was punched twice — once in the eye, and once in the jaw — during the incident, which took place around 2:30 a.m. on April 2, law-enforcement sources said. No charges were filed after Lopez filed a complaint at the 10th Precinct around noon but couldn’t identify his attacker, sources said. The Manhattan DA’s Office declined to comment.
At the time of the incident, the Highline was the scene of a “Cirque Saturday” bash hosted by “Kirill Was Here,” according to information posted online. Video of the raucous event posted on ” Kirill Was Here’s ” Instagram page shows a young woman slurping a stream of bubbly being poured down a young man’s bare chest. Lopez’ s Queens Supreme Court suit seeks unspecified damages from both Mauldin, 24, and Reginald Cook, who allegedly “acted in concert” by “pushing, grabbing and/or restraining” Lopez.
The suit also targets the Highline’s corporate owner, Greenwich Village Entertainment Group, and three other companies allegedly tied to the event. Lopez cites grounds including assault and battery, claiming that his beating was “willful, intentional, unwarranted and…without just cause.” He also alleges negligence and violations of New York’s “Dram Shop Act,” saying Mauldin and Cook were served drinks after they were already wasted.
Mauldin was widely ballyhooed for beating the odds of his troubled childhood — which involved stints in 16 foster homes while both parents were in and out of jail — to become a third-round draft pick by the Jets in 2015.
But after a promising rookie season, he’s proved something of a disappointment, notching just 2-1/2 sacks last season.
There was no answer at Mauldin’s home in Morristown, NJ, where a neighbor said he hadn’t been seen in about a week, but his lawyer said the suit against Mauldin was “without merit.” “Another individual struck the plaintiff. And that will be borne out by the witnesses and other parties involved,” defense lawyer Mitchell Schuster said. “We have a very strong case and I look forward to pursuing it. Lorenzo’s anxious to being exonerated. He was not involved.”
Cook didn’t return messages, and the Highline’s general manager declined to comment.
“The Jets are aware of the situation but have no further comment at this time,” a team spokesperson said.
