Celebrity Justice
Tiny Rocker Wentz Sued Over Alleged Ass-Kicking

Pete Wentz is being sued by a guy who claims the makeup-wearing, emo rocker and his security beat him up at a Fall Out Boy show last year.
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According to a lawsuit obtained by TMZ, Andy Kallas claims he was watching the boys perform at Schuba's Tavern in Chicago, when Wentz and his peeps beat him to a pulp for several minutes. Kallas claims he suffered "serious injuries to his head, mouth and face." The way the lawsuit reads, the attack was totally unprovoked.

But here's the deal. We're told Kallas was loud, obnoxious and heckling the band before the incident.

Kallas is suing both Wentz and the club for an unspecified amount in damages.

Wentz's rep tells TMZ, "This case is meritless. We looked into it and the facts don't support his claims. We will vigorously defend this case in court. "

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16.
time and time again....

why do we need the court
system to determine anything ?

sure, the " fan " may have
been verbally abusive.

that doesn't warrant the minimum wage
employees of the to retain or assault him;

secondly, now there will be a counter suit in relation
to defamation of character and slander, right ?

after a year, when it's all said and done, attorneys
will rake in tens of thousands of dollars and settle.

this happens to most touring artist, as they are
targets for everything, from assault to paternity.

it is the price one pays for bring a public figure.

unfortunately, the true victims here are the taxpayers who
pay for these cases to be decided in the court system.



Posted at 6:41PM on Apr 30th 2008 by slave nat turner

17. I was there- saw the whole thing go down.
Kallas heckled Pete on stage- yes.

But THAT definitely did NOT necessitate the brawl that resulted. Pete and co kicked the dude's ass and fled the scene. Formally, Pete Wentz is a douche bag.

Posted at 7:03PM on Apr 30th 2008 by beenthereseenthat

18. I've taken pills bigger than this guy.

Posted at 7:07PM on Apr 30th 2008 by Jerry

19.
#17 / been there & seen that;

* thank you for your on-site witnessed response.

* my guess is was more of the " company " he keeps beat
the heckler down THEN the pencil-neck pete chimed in.....

Posted at 7:44PM on Apr 30th 2008 by slave nat turner

20. Opnex you ignorant slut.. I was simply stating how the "law" will deal with it. It is AGAINST the law to assault someone who said something bad to you or about you ask the 8 teens who assaulted the girl for saying something bad about them on MySpace. Now if want "drag me out in the street" go ahead, but it's your ass that will goto jail not mine, ya moron!

Posted at 7:48PM on Apr 30th 2008 by LameMZ

21. The guy didn't just heckle him. The band were coming off stage, after a show in which they'd taken the guy's heckling in good fun, brushing it off, and as they passed by, he lunged at Pete and Pete smacked him.

I don't normally defend Wentz, but if some guy lunged at me and I felt threatened, I would have fought back, too.

But seriously - the guy is a skinny little 5'7" - I'd be embarrassed to admit I'd had my arse kicked by him, and I'm a girl two inches shorter than he is.

Posted at 8:13PM on Apr 30th 2008 by icedmaple

22. Someone is out to get $$$$$$ from a celeb again.

Isn't that what such nuisance lawsuits are all about?

Posted at 10:44PM on Apr 30th 2008 by Sam

23. Just like that idiot last week who claimed his foot got run over. I'm getting sick of the BS. It's just a shakedown of celebs.
Get a Real job a$$holes, instead of whining and suing.

The pap last week probably went home and hit his foot wih a hammer to collect damages.

And this new claim is just as craise. Anyone looking a Wentz can see there is not mch power in his swing, even if he did deck the turkey.

Posted at 10:52PM on Apr 30th 2008 by Tom

24. Why did they post a picture of Ashlee? I thought this story was about some dude named Pete?

Posted at 7:18AM on May 1st 2008 by Pat

25. If you allow someone like Pete Wentz to kick your ass, then suicide needs to be in your near future. Just sayin'.

Posted at 10:05AM on May 1st 2008 by Jennifer

26. I thought this was seriously going to be about him licking some guys ass. Isn't he the guy that was emailing camera phone pix of his boner to other men a year or 2 ago?

Posted at 11:39PM on Jun 4th 2008 by mclovin

27. Quotes "CoolGirl2008 - She got caught on Saturday Night Live, did a hoedown and ran off stage."

Really who doesn't know this! Come on you could have done better than that, its not like the Ashlee lip sync happened last night!

Posted at 3:35PM on Jun 4th 2008 by Trixie

28. See the fight here...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxY31hl2eOQ

Posted at 6:43AM on Jun 10th 2008 by SHooBS

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