LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pauly Shore and The Comedy Store in Los Angeles are facing a new lawsuit alleging assault by the comedy club’s bouncers. Comedian Eliot Preschutti filed the lawsuit on Thursday, claiming that he was attacked by bouncers on December 15 after forgetting to pay his bar tab. Preschutti alleges that as he was leaving the club, two bouncers grabbed and detained him, accusing him of trying to hit the server. He further claims that a group of bouncers threw him face-down on the sidewalk and proceeded to hit and kick him for an extended period of time.
The lawsuit comes after another pair, Sean Kehoe and his daughter Kirra Lyn Potts, filed a similar lawsuit against Shore and The Comedy Store in January. They alleged that Kehoe was violently grabbed, attacked, and dragged during a visit to the Hollywood location of The Comedy Store. They claimed that the attack was carried out by the club’s security personnel.
Preschutti’s lawsuit includes charges of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence. He claims to have suffered severe physical and emotional damages as a result of the beating. Similarly, Kehoe and Potts’ lawsuit also includes charges of battery, assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligence.
The Comedy Store, an iconic fixture on LA’s Sunset Strip, was founded in 1972 by Pauly Shore’s parents, Sammy and Mitzi Shore, along with screenwriter Rudy DeLuca. Mitzi took ownership in 1974, and Shore inherited the club in 2018 following his mother’s passing.
Both lawsuits raise serious allegations against Shore and The Comedy Store, accusing them of both negligence and encouraging the attacks. The bouncers involved in the alleged assaults are said to have acted violently, even prompting other bouncers to try to intervene.
Representatives for Shore and The Comedy Store have not yet responded to requests for comment regarding the lawsuits.