The plot thickens following the arrest of Renzo Gracie in the early hours of Sunday (18) after a big brawl in a nightclub in New York .

The bouncer who was allegedly attacked by Gracie,  Craig Molesphini claims the Gracies and five other men launched a “premeditated attack” after he turned two of their members away the week before.
Molesphini, 35, suffered a broken arm told pagesix.com:

“In my entire 14-year career, I have never seen anything like this. At 1:30 a.m. a gray van pulled up, parked in the middle of the street, seven men exited the vehicle and started creating mayhem, screaming, pointing, starting to pick fights with the security guards. One man, [who] I later learned was Renzo, came in my direction, threw the velvet rope on the floor, ran straight into my chest and knocked me back onto the concrete floor onto my elbow. He was on top of me for 20 seconds, trying to punch me, but I wrapped both my arms around his neck so he couldn’t hit me, before somebody pulled him off.”

“All of the seven men were fighting, doing MMA moves on the guards, some of whom were injured. When the police arrived, they tried to get away, but the cops parked in front of their van, which was waiting with a driver.”

” It was retribution for me not allowing two of their masters into the venue last week. This was a carefully planned and coordinated attack. The police arrested all seven of them.”

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Marc Raimondi of FoxSports.com has reported that Renzo and Igor Gracie, along with five other people have been charged with a misdemeanor assault with intent to cause injury, which carries a fine and maximum jail time of one year.

Molesphini’s lawyer Salvatore Strazzullo said that they could file a civil assault claim.
He said: “This is a total premeditated gang assault and the individuals who conspired to do this are going to be brought to justice.”