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Let's see. A brawl that broke out this weekend at Double Seven in the Meatpacking District, and it starred lots of models and lots of high profile male socialites. Let's try to break down the players and the scant details available to see if that helps us understand how this very elite crew found themselves embroiled in such an unsavory incident.
CAST
JESSICA HART: Victoria's Secret model
NATASHA POLY: Top editorial model
ANJA RUBIK: Top editorial model
VALENTINA ZELYAEVA: Top editorial model
PETER BAKKER: Natasha Poly's husband, Dutch businessman
ADAM HOCK: Businessman
STAVROS NIARCHOS: Jessica Hart's boyfriend, former Paris Hilton beau
PIERRE CASIRAGHI: Prince of Monaco, son of Princess Caroline, grandson of Grace Kelly, friend of Stavros Niarchos
VLADIMIR RESTOIN ROITFELD: Son of Carine Roitfeld
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Natasha, Anja, Valentina, Peter, and Adam were seated together at Double Seven around 2 AM this Saturday.
Jessica approached, started taunting the other models.
The situation somehow escalated into a full-blown fight. For some reason, Hock ended up punching Casiraghi, Niarchos, and Roitfeld, possibly breaking Casiraghi's jaw (the Prince was rushed to the hospital) and was later charged with four counts of assault.
Outside of the club, seemingly after everything went down, someone overheard Jessica flipping her middle finger and screaming at Natasha: “Your husband’s a loser! F—k you!”
Last night, Jessica Hart sent out two Tweets, presumably commenting on the situation:
Ha! Its going to be so pleasurable when the truth does come out and he's exposed as the freaky liar he is.
— Jessica Hart (@1JessicaHart) February 21, 2012
Although, I have to say, I am getting a little pleasure watching him run to the press, squirming and lying in desperation.
— Jessica Hart (@1JessicaHart) February 22, 2012
For the life of me, I can't figure out who she's talking about or what's going on.
Image via ModelsRock
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