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The famous British singer Rod Stewart and his eldest son Sean reached an agreement with the Prosecutor’s Office not to go to trial after a violent altercation that occurred in a luxury hotel in Florida (USA), according to US media.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys announced that Stewart, 76, and his son, Sean, 40, will not go to trial for the altercation at The Breakers Hotel, in Palm Beach (southwest), in which a security guard was beaten , the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
According to the police report, to which the Efe agency had access, Stewart and his eldest son had a dispute with the guard Jessie Dixon, 33, who denied them entry to a private event at the luxurious hotel located north of Miami.
The altercation, which occurred around 11 pm on December 31, escalated and came to blows, the court document details. Dixon said that Sean confronted him and he pushed him back, to which the singer’s son allegedly responded by pushing him.
According to police, the rocker approached and threw a punch, hitting the security guard in the chest. Stephen Mancino, a Palm Beach police officer, said he saw security footage at the hotel and determined the Stewarts were the “Main aggressors”, pick up the newspaper.
In addition, two hotel employees who were working on the private event told police they saw Sean Stewart push Dixon and Rod Stewart hit the guard. Then the British singer-songwriter, from classics like “Talk about it,” ” Sailing “,” Maggie May “or” Sexy “, offered apologies for what happened.
However, London-born Stewart, who was “knighted” by Queen Elizabeth II in 2016, noted that the guard was belligerent when they tried to enter the club, prompting a reaction from his family.
The British producer and his son were summoned to a Palm Beach court for February 5, where they would be formally charged with “simple assault” by District Judge Ted Booras.
Sean, the singer’s son with his first wife Alana Stewart, is one of Stewart’s eight children.
