Singer Gavin DeGraw savagely beaten in NYC, hit by cab while escaping

[Guevara]

Pretty awful news, but since when is 19th and 1st anywhere near L.E.S.?

Pop singer Gavin DeGraw was viciously beaten by a pack of thugs on the Lower East Side early today — and then hit by a taxi as he stumbled off, police sources said.
The 34-year-old crooner — who’s spent the summer opening for superstar rockers Maroon 5 and Train — had been drinking and just left a group of pals when he was attacked by the marauding perps sometime between 3:50 and 4:20 a.m. at 6th Street and 1st Avenue, the sources said.

He had his nose broken and suffered cuts on his face, they said.
The creeps then fled, and the dazed singer, whose hit song "Chariot" went platinum, kept walking, sources said.

He wound up at 19th Street and 1st Avenue, where he was struck by a cab, although not seriously, they said.

He remained in Bellevue Hospital tonight. The sources said the attack did not appear to be a robbery. DeGraw, who hails from upstate South Fallsburg, has a Manhattan pad. He and his brother also own a bar, the National Underground, on East Houston Street.

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/gavin_degraw_beaten_hospitalized_OTXmOFqSNfEoGF2XWWhu7M

 

[I leik Halo]

maybe next time he will have a body guard

 

[The Faceless Master]

what is going on recently... seriously, wtf?

and getting hit by a cab after... smh...

hope he's ok!

 

[B!TCH]

I heard about this yesterday. There is something really odd about this story. Something about it doesn't add up.

 

[dispensergoinup]

nyc flash mob curfew go!

 

[Davidion]

He owns National Underground? lol

 

[ryutaro's mama]

maybe next time he will have a body guard

smh

Really?

Really?!?

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

I heard about this yesterday. There is something really odd about this story. Something about it doesn't add up.

What doesn't add up? He got jumped at 4 in the morning.

 

[Broder Salsa]

maybe next time he will have a body guard

and a gun.

 

[Particle Physicist]

What doesn't add up? He got jumped at 4 in the morning.

They didn't mug him is what is odd.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Nothing good happens that late

 

[BruiserBear]

and a gun.

I would have loved to have heard that story.

 

[nitewulf]

plain old jealousy.

 

[canoli2006]

Marauding perps?

What century is this?

Seriously, a shame.

 

[Revolutionary]

I lol'd. He'll be fine.

 

[Cat Party]

He's 34?

And it's not that weird that nothing was stolen. Vandals will break store windows just for kicks, too.

 

[Treefingers]

and the dazed singer, whose hit song "Chariot" went platinum, kept walking

Ugh get better actual journalists please

 

[newjeruse]

Must have been some NYU street toughs.

 

[Dark Knyght]

You don't get your ass beat like that for no reason.

 

[Davidion]

Marauding perps?

What century is this?

Seriously, a shame.

Don't hate, we love to Maraud here in New York.

 

[The Faceless Master]

and a gun.

not in NYC! he'd get Plaxico'd!

 

[Data West]

what is going on recently... seriously, wtf?

Same thing that happens every night. It happened to someone who was famous though, so now it's big news.

 

[B!TCH]

What doesn't add up? He got jumped at 4 in the morning.

People generally don't just beat up strangers, even marauding perps up to no good at 4 in the morning; they'll at least try to get something from you if they are going to put in the effort to attack you. It's certainly possible this was a random act of violence, but even then, it's still very odd.

 

[NGAMER9]

Wow, weird that was nothing was taken though. I saw him live and one point and he was pretty good.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

The world is going crazy.

 

[Revolutionary]

The world is going crazy.

lol?
This happens every day in NYC. Several times.

 

[outunderthestars]

Something seems really odd about this. Coke deal gone wrong?

The world is going crazy.

Drunk guy gets into a fight? Not really sign of a global decline in morality. Guy probably should have taken a cab.

 

[The Faceless Master]

Same thing that happens every night. It happened to someone who was famous though, so now it's big news.

him not getting robbed or shot is weird... usually one of the two is attempted... sometimes both!

 

[Alligatorjandro]

lol?
This happens every day in NYC. Several times.

thats turrible

 

[ChocolateCupcakes]

Getting beaten up like this randomly is odd, it happens but the fact that they didn't take anything makes this weirder. Anyway I hope he's ok now.

 

[Guevara]

I heard about this yesterday. There is something really odd about this story. Something about it doesn't add up.

two things don't make sense for me:

His bar is on East Houston and Allen, he stumbled to 19th and 1st and was hit by a cab? That's over a mile. Are we really to believe he was hounded for a mile through Manhattan?

What's the motive? He wasn't robbed.

 

[AbsoluteZero]

Time to start packin' heat.

 

[Heretic]

lol?
This happens every day in NYC. Several times.

Oh! Ok. Well then I guess it's ok =)

 

[SnakeswithLasers]

The only thing "weird" about the story is that "savagely" and "viciously" are being used to describe a broken nose.

 

[Revolutionary]

Oh! Ok. Well then I guess it's ok =)

No - it's just par for the course. The world is not going crazy.

As for him not getting robbed, my guess is that he did but didn't report it. As someone else suggested, maybe it was a deal gone wrong?

 

[aceface]

If hw was attacked randomly by marauding thugs I apologize in advance.

But it sounds like drunk guy got into a fight Sean Bean style.

 

[HAL_Laboratory]

Prob fucked the wrong guy's girlfriend.

 

[Wickerman]

I heard about this yesterday. There is something really odd about this story. Something about it doesn't add up.

Here's another take on the story:

Singer Gavin DeGraw told NYPD cops he was assaulted early Monday morning after leaving an East Village restaurant.

Sources say the assault occurred along First Avenue between Fifth and Sixth streets between 3:40 a.m. and 4:20 a.m., and police are now searching for surveillance video and witnesses who may have seen something.

DeGraw told police that several white and Hispanic men assaulted him, causing a broken nose and a fracture to the bone around his eye.

He then made his way to 19th Street and First Avenue, where he was struck by a cab. He was not seriously hurt from that incident.

A source says the "I Don't Want to Be" singer was highly intoxicated, which is complicating the investigation.

DeGraw did not initially report the assault to police, who learned of the attack only after being called by staff at Bellevue Hospital where DeGraw went for treatment.

DeGraw has been touring with Train and Maroon 5. They were scheduled to perform Tuesday night in Saratoga Springs.

DeGraw has a new album, "Sweeter," due out in September.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Singer-Gavin-DeGraw-Says-He-Was-Assaulted-in-NYC-127283573.html

 

[Steelrain]

Sounds like he just got an alcohol fueled ass whooping and felt embarassed. This story sounds like bullshit.

 

[TxdoHawk]

A source says the "I Don't Want to Be" singer was highly intoxicated, which is complicating the investigation.

DeGraw did not initially report the assault to police, who learned of the attack only after being called by staff at Bellevue Hospital where DeGraw went for treatment.

So in other words, he mouthed off to a group of people, got his ass beat, drunkenly stumbled in front of a cab, and somebody finally put his dumb ass in a hospital. Gotcha.

 

[AVclub]

ITT: People advocating beating someone until they need to be hospitalized for "mouthing off" LOL!

 

[victreeb3l]

i had no idea he was from upstate

 

[plasticpassion]

Ouch

 

[JoshDigi]

How is this an odd story? It was 4 AM and I'm guessing everyone involved was drunk. Not every bar fight needs to be examined for conspiracy theories and cover ups.

 

[TxdoHawk]

ITT: People advocating beating someone until they need to be hospitalized for "mouthing off" LOL!

I wouldn't quite say I "advocate" drunken beatings. But if you've ever spent more than an hour in a bar, you should have a pretty good understanding of what the limits are...as in how much you can drink, and what you can reasonably expect to say/do to a group of other drunk people without incident.

I, for example, would never be dumb enough to slug someone over a booze-fueled argument, but I am very aware that:

1. There are many people that happily will.

2. That group of people increases in size and scope the more intoxicated and beligerent you get.

and

3. A good healthy portion of those people frequent bars.

This is why it's critically important to understand how much alcohol you can consume before you start making poor decisions. You are gambling with your life and well-being every time you cross that point.

 

[LJ11]

He gets beat up and decides to walk it off?

 

[Joe]

is he gay? i've heard of groups people going out and randomly attacking gay people in nyc lately.

 

[Jo-El]

His music is fucking awful, but something like this shouldn't happen to anyone. Terrible

 

[JDSN]

Obviously DeGraw is an underground kingpin and this was a message for him.

Conspiracy-AGE doing their dumbass number once again.

 

[Count Dookkake]

What good bars are there on that block? I can't seem to remember any.