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Prince of Monaco hurt in Bar brawl |
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By: Agencies |
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2012-02-22 |
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Place: New York |
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Prince Pierre Casiraghi taken to hospital after he insults models
Monaco's Prince Pierre Casiraghi was beaten up in a vicious nightclub brawl over three supermodels.
The 24-year-old prince was taken to hospital covered in blood after fists flew when he apparently insulted the girls.
Punched in the face: According to witnesses, Adam Hock launched
into a brawl with Prince Casiraghi and his friends after they heckled the
models. The prince's face looked broken with deep cuts. File pic/afp
The nephew of ruler Prince Albert II, and grandson of late actress-turned-princess Grace Kelly, was sent crashing on to a table.
A witness said: "Pierre's face looked broken, with deep cuts and blood everywhere. He looked like he needed plastic surgery."
The late-night rumpus in New York broke out after the prince and three playboy pals allegedly hurled abuse at models Natasha Poly, Valentina Zelyaeva and Anja Rubik, who were sat with former Manhattan nightclub owner Adam Hock.
The royal and his cronies, including celeb socialite Paris Hilton's ex Stavros Niarchos III, are said to have heckled the catwalk beauties while swigging from a £300 bottle of vodka.
Another witness claimed: "They were being completely obnoxious. The next thing I saw, all hell broke loose."
Hock is accused of punching the prince and then the three others at Manhattan's Double Seven club.
At one point in the fight, one of Pierre's group allegedly tried to hit Hock over the head with a bottle.
Hock has appeared in court charged with four assaults, but claims it was self defence.
His lawyer Salvatore Strazzullo said: "These four guys are trust-fund babies who think the world is owed to them. They are spoilt brats."
But Richard Golub, representing the prince -- who later left hospital -- said: "It was a horrifying incident and was entirely unprovoked."
The Monaco Royal Family's curse
The Royal Family is haunted by what is called the "curse of the Grimaldis". Princess Caroline's second husband Stefano Casiraghi died in a speedboat accident. Stephanie ran away to the circus and Albert II married South African swimmer Charlene Wittstock, who allegedly tried to flee after learning he was fathering a child with a lover. |
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