Chelsea Nightclub Bouncer Punches Clubgoer, Investigation Ongoing: NYPD

CHELSEA, NY — A bouncer at the popular Chelsea nightclub Marquee punched a partygoer in the face and stomach when the man attempted to go back inside the club after he was kicked out on Christmas Eve, police told Patch.

At around 2 a.m. on Dec. 24, the 30-year-old man accidentally bumped into someone in the club at 289 10th Ave. and got into an argument, according to the NYPD. Marquee's bouncers soon intervened, and kicked out both the man and the person he was fighting with, police said.

The man then tried to reenter the club after he was told not to, police said — prompting one of Marquee's bouncers to punch the man in the face and the stomach, police said. The man then called 911, police told Patch.

The NYPD investigation is ongoing. No one had been arrested as of Tuesday, police told Patch.

Marquee did not immediately respond to Patch's request for a comment.

Numerous complaints about Marquee's bouncers can be found the club's Yelp page. A sampling:

• "I saw a bouncer drag a drunk girl out and basically throw her out onto the pavement. She didn't fall or anything, but it was raining really hard outside. I don't know what she did to warrant that kind of behaviour."
• "The bouncers and security were so rude and shoved me in inappropriate places."
• "A guy wandered into VIP who didn't belong and one of the bouncers literally threw him onto the dance floor into a crowd of people."
  
• "As we were standing in line outside the main door after showing our IDs outside, one of the guards/bouncers shoved me really hard and when I asked why, he and another guard physically assaulted me and threw me out while saying that I had a beard and "such people should not be let in."

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