Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz Calls Lawsuit Over Fight With Heckler 'Entirely Without Merit'
A man world Health Organization got into a scuffle with Pete Wentz last summertime at a Spin magazine party is suing the Fall Out Boy bassist and the fight's venue, Schuba's Tavern in Chicago, seeking unspecified amends.
In the suit, Andy Kallas alleges that he suffered "serious injuries to his pass, mouth and face" after an unprovoked attacked by Wentz and as many as 10 other individuals.
Wentz has a different view of the incident, and he responded exclusively to MTV Newsworthiness on the matter. "This case is only without merit and will be vigorously defended," Wentz said via e-mail. "This is another in a long line of frivolous lawsuits that ar filed against celebrities apiece yr from individuals seeking a quick payoff when in that respect is absolutely no justification for the claim."
When we number 1 covered the write up back in June, one Schuba's frequenter said Kallas was "calling Pete a sell out, request him, 'Where's [girlfriend] Ashlee [Simpson]?' and making fun of his hoodie."
Wentz himself said that he only punched Kallas because the man had grabbed him, and that he was playing in self-defence. "We get heckled onstage completely the time, and while I'm a jolt, I'm non the sort of person world Health Organization would ever lash out at mortal plainly over this," Wentz told us at the metre.
The scrap at Schuba's was the second Wentz was involved in last year. In January 2007, he battled a security guard at the Temperateness Theatre in Albuquerque, Freshly Mexico, after the guard allegedly shoved a member of FOB's security department team. No charges were filed in that incident.
