Comedian and actor Pauly Shore is being sued over an incident that occurred at his venue, the famed Comedy Store in Los Angeles. Attorneys for plaintiff Eliot Preschutti filed documents within the Los Angeles Superior Court over an incident that occurred on Dec. 15, 2023 on the Comedy Store.
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Bouncers Heard Yelling ‘This Is For Pauly!’ During Brutal Attack
In line with legal documents obtained by The Blast, the lawsuit alleges that on the night in query, Preschutti was violently beaten by multiple bouncers on the comedy club. The lawsuit also states that several bouncers were heard yelling, “That is for Pauly!” through the brutal attack. The grievance alleges damages including battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence, premises liability, negligent hiring, training, supervision and/or retention of unfit employees, and aiding and abetting.
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The lawsuit states: “All Defendants were co-conspirators on this matter, whom conspired with one another, and formed a mutual agreement or understanding that they’d work in concert, with one another, knowingly aspiring to assault, batter, stomp and brutally beat and kick Plaintiff, aspiring to cause him great bodily harm.”
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Beating Appears To Have Resulted From Unpaid Bar Tab
Within the documents, Preschutti is described as having “worked in comedy and entertainment business since 1995, and has been each a comedic performer and a teacher over time.” He had first worked with The Comedy Store, Pauly Shore, and his mother Mitzi Shore, in 1999.
The beating appears to have resulted after a dispute over an unpaid bar tab.
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Not First Time Shore Has Been Sued For Violence At Comedy Store
This isn’t the primary time Shore has been in trouble with the law regarding actions of his employees at The Comedy Store. In January, a lawsuit was filed against Shore and The Comedy Store claiming that bouncers violently assaulted two patrons, Sean Kehoe and his daughter, Kirra Lyn Potts.
“In line with the legal documents, the father-daughter duo were guests on the comedy club on November 30, 2022, when Kehoe was ‘violently grabbed and attacked’ by security personnel linked to Shore. The document also states that Shore was aware that there was a plan to assault Kehoe and that he allegedly ‘encouraged’ the attack.”
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Shore Accused Of Encouraging Attacks
Shore’s family has long been involved within the entertainment and comedy world. The famous club was co-founded in 1972 by Sammy Shore, Pauly’s father and Mitzi’s husband. Mitzi became the owner two years after the club’s founding after her divorce from Sammy. It was she who helmed the club throughout the years, fostering comedic talent like Roseanne Barr, Andrew Dice Clay, Whoopi Goldberg, Sebastian Maniscalco, Robin Williams, David Letterman, and Jay Leno, to call a couple of. Mitzi passed away in 2018. The club is now owned by Pauly Shore because the Trustee of the Mitzi S. Shore Trust.
On the night in query, Preschutti was visiting the club to observe comedy. In line with the lawsuit, Preschutti forgot to shut out his tab before leaving the club that night.
“Plaintiff walked downstairs and exited the club, and started to walk down the sidewalk toward his home a couple of blocks away. Plaintiff then heard employees of the club yelling at him to stop. He stopped and turned around to see who was yelling. Two bouncers from the Comedy Store, who had yelled at Plaintiff, ran up, grabbed Plaintiff and detained him.”
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Video Of Attack Distributed Online
In line with the documents, after paying his tab, a bouncer alleged that Preschutti tried to hit a waitress. A brutal assault ensued.
“One among the 2 bouncers still restraining Plaintiff, who appeared to Plaintiff to weigh about 350-375 kilos, threw Plaintiff to the sidewalk, face-down. While Plaintiff was face-down on the sidewalk, various bouncers for the Comedy Store began to hit and kick him for an appreciable time frame. The bouncer that threw Plaintiff to the bottom, while this beating occurred, yelled ‘That is for Pauly!’ After a continuous beating for a time frame, Plaintiff found that he had been forced onto his back, partially into the gutter, pinned between the curb and an automobile, with the big bouncer that had thrown him to the bottom laying on top of Plaintiff, screaming obscenities and epithets towards him. Plaintiff was yelling, ‘What did I do?’ One among the bouncers, at one point, yelled to the opposite bouncers ‘take him down the road and beat the s— out of him down there.’ Plaintiff’s beating including somewhere around 5 to 7 Comedy Store bouncers, a few of them beating on Plaintiff, a few of them kicking and stomping on Plaintiff; at times, their acts became so violent that other bouncers attempted to restrain them, lest they kill Plaintiff.”
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A video of a number of the assault was distributed online.
“Plaintiff suffered severe physical and emotional damages consequently of the beating to be shown based on proof at trial.” Preschutti is asking for a trial and for compensatory and punitive damages and the associated fee of the suit.
