See full version: Monaco s Pierre Casiraghi Bloodied in N. Y. C. Bar Brawl
While partying in Manhattan’s trendy Meatpacking District on Saturday, the royal reportedly clashed with former club owner Adam Hock, who was charged with eight counts of third-degree assault for the alleged attacks on the prince and his entourage, the New York Post reports. more
As the models looked on, Hock also allegedly hit Niarchos, 26, Restoin Roitfeld, 27, and Marroquin, 33. Witnesses on both sides said that the royal tried to hit Hock over the head with a bottle of Grey Goose.
Officials in Monaco declined to discuss the alleged altercation, telling PEOPLE via a spokesperson on Monday, “We cannot comment right now because we have no information about it.”
Casiraghi told police he was repeatedly struck in the face, according to the criminal complaint, "creating a laceration on informant's cheek, and causing bruising, swelling, redness and substantial pain to informant Casiraghi's face."
Hock was released from Manhattan Criminal Court without bail after he pleaded not guilty to four counts of assault, he said. [links]
He said Hock was acting in self-defense when he hit the 24-year-old prince and members of his entourage. here
He is the son of Princess of Caroline of Monaco and her second husband, who was killed in a boating accident when Pierre Casiraghi was a young child.
(CBS/AP) Prince Pierre Casiraghi, a grandson of the late Princess Grace of Monaco, was briefly hospitalized after a brawl in a New York City nightclub.
An attorney who represents the prince tells The Associated Press that Casiraghi was treated at a hospital and released after Saturday's fight. Attorney Richard Golub says Casiraghi's group did not "instigate anything" or provoke the attack. [links]
Former nightclub owner Adam Hock was arraigned Sunday on charges of assaulting the prince and three friends at the Double Seven nightspot in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. The 24-year-old prince suffered cuts to his face during the incident. here
But Hock tells the New York Post the prince and his entourages "were being completely obnoxious," verbally abusing women with him.
Hock insists he was defending a group of supermodels when he punched the prince. here
An attorney who represents the 24-year-old prince told the Associated Press that Casiraghi was treated at a hospital and released after Saturday's incident. Attorney Richard Golub says Casiraghi's group did not "instigate anything" or provoke the attack. more
"I acted 100% in self-defense. I felt I had to defend the honor of the women I was with," said the 47-year-old who left a doctor's office wearing a sling on his left arm. [links]
Prince Pierre Casiraghi suffered cuts to his face and a broken jaw during the fight with former nightclub owner Adam Hock. Hock was arraigned Sunday on charges of assaulting the prince and three friends at the Double Seven nightclub in Manhattan's Meatpacking District.
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"The facts are very clear," said Nadine Johnson, a spokeswoman for Casiraghi and his crew. "There was only one person arrested, Mr. Hock, who spent two days in jail as a result of his actions." [links]