Cadet Who Tussled with Patti LaBelle’s Body Guards Back at West Point
- Posted on August 18, 2011 at 7:16pm by
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WEST POINT, N.Y. (The Blaze/AP) — The Department of the Army has reinstated a West Point cadet who was involved in an airport scuffle with bodyguards for R&B diva Patti LaBelle.
Richard King, a member of the Class of 2011, was already on suspended separation for previous conduct when the March 11 scrape happened at an airport in his hometown of Houston.
In a lawsuit against the Grammy Award-winning LaBelle, he said three of her bodyguards attacked him for no reason. The singer has countersued, saying King was drunk and hurling racial slurs.
Norma Harris, the 63-year-old hairdresser for LaBelle, and 43-year-old bodyguard Efrem Holmes, have been charged with assault in connection with the tussle.
West Point says the 23-year-old King will start classes Monday. If he meets academic standards, he will graduate in December.
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3monkeysmomma
Posted on August 21, 2011 at 10:24amGood thing it was Patti Labelle and not Naomi Campbell.
They would have been surgically removing a cell phone from one of his orifices.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 10:42amTurn about is fair play! I sure hope they were charged with a HATE crime and it costs them a BUNDLE. Maybe then they will THINK before they brutally attack someone who is just “standing too close?” Seriously.
Report Post »NozzleMan03
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 10:32amI hope this cadet sues the pants off no talent Patty Labelle
Report Post »reynosa98
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 9:25amYou know, it’s really hard to find an appropriate song to get your ass kicked to these days. Maybe he should have gone with somethin’ a little more appropriate for the ocassion. May I suggest: You can ring my bell-ell-ell–Ring my bell ! That always goes over well with the crowd whenever I‘ m in the middle of an asswhoopin’. THUMP!
Report Post »reynosa98
Posted on August 19, 2011 at 8:55amAll I can say is : “Gitchi Gitchi Ya Ya Da Da
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