Rod Stewart is ending his legal drama.
Stewart and his son Sean were accused of assaulting a security guard at a Florida hotel on New Year’s Day 2020, when the guard prevented the rocker and his son from entering a party that they were not allowed to attend.
The guard, Jessie Dixon, claimed that Sean pushed him while the “Maggie May” singer punched him after he found the two and their family at a check-in table for a private party at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach.
The assault charges were brought against the two, although now they will avoid trial thanks to the court settlement, South Florida SunSentinel reported. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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Dixon said Stewart, now 76, and his group were making a scene and he put his hand on Sean’s chest, telling him to make room during the fight, according to SunSentinel.
Rod Stewart (left) and his son Sean Stewart (right) reached a court settlement in the case of battery rape charges brought against them after an altercation at a Florida hotel. (Photo by Bauer-Griffin / GC Images)
Sean would then have been “face to face” with the guard and pushed him. Then came the supposed rock star’s punch in Dixon’s “left rib cage area,” according to a police report.
The police report also stated that Sean was agitated when Dixon blocked his family from attending the event “due to Dixon’s interaction with him and his family.”
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Security footage of the incident prompted Palm Beach official Stephen Mancino to determine that the Stewarts were the “main attackers” in the incident.
In addition, two hotel officials said they witnessed Sean pushing the guard.
Dixon signed a statement indicating that he would file a complaint against the rocker and his son.
Rod Stewart was accused of punching a security guard after his son pushed the same guard. (Photo by Samir Hussein / WireImage)
The police report said Stewart “apologized for his behavior in the incident”.
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Stewart’s representatives did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment.
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At the time, a source close to the star told Page Six that the incident “was a short and unfortunate misunderstanding and they apologized. No one was arrested and there were no injuries.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report