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Parker files lawsuit over injury in Chris Brown/Drake fight

Parker of the Spurs competes in the skills competition during the NBA All-Star weekend in Orlando, Florida

Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs competes in the skills competition during the NBA All-Star weekend in Orlando, Florida, February 25, 2012. REUTERS/Jeff Haynes (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT BASKETBALL)

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Tony Parker is getting back on the court — just not that kind of court.

Tony Parker was out with his girl at a trendy SoHo nightclub the night a fight broke out between the camps of singer Chris Brown and rapper Drake. It was a good, old fashioned bar fight with mass confusion and flying bottles.

One of those bottles hit Parker in the eye, injuring him.

Now Parker has filed a $20 million lawsuit against the owners of the club saying they should have known better than to let the feuding celebrities (fighting over their mutual ex Rihanna) in the club at the same time, according to the New York Post.

In papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Parker holds W.i.P.’s owners responsible for the “corneal laceration of the left eye and other injuries” he suffered in the bottle-throwing brawl at the now-shuttered Vandam Street club.

His lawyer, David Jaroslawicz, said the extent of Parker’s wounds aren’t yet known but noted eye injuries “certainly don’t improve your outside shot.”


First, $20 million? Second, is it on the owners that two guys in their club decided to act like fifth-graders, passing notes and getting into a fight?

I guess a judge or jury will get to decide that.

Parker is slated to play for France in the Olympics but he is missing the first week of camp in Paris while his eye heals