Off the court
There is a big difference between popping bottles and throwing bottles. Just ask frenemies Chris Brown and Drake. During the early morning hours of June 14, 2012, a fight broke out between the two music moguls at the über-trendy SoHo nightclub W.i.P (Work in Progress). Theories abound about the impetus of the scuffle, with many news outlets sourcing it to Drake’s boasts about the affections of Rihanna, but one thing’s for certain: it got out of hand and some innocent celebrity bystanders were injured in the fallout. San Antonio Spurs superstar Tony Parker found himself in the crossfire when the singers started lobbing bottles at each other. A piece of glass lodged itself in Parker’s eye, an injury which brings his upcoming Olympic showing into question. Parker has brought a lawsuit against the owners of the club seeking damages to the tune of $20 million on the theory that the owners “should have known better” than to give Drake and Brown alcohol and sit them near each other. Kind of like tossing a steak between two hungry dogs.