Comedian sues Pauly Shore and his club the Comedy Store for alleged assault

Stand-Up Comedy

Malia Mendez April 5, 2024

Pauly Shore and his club the Comedy Store are being sued by a comedian who claims he was assaulted by the clubs security in December.

Plaintiff

Eliot Preschutti

filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court

on

Thursday.

According to legal documents reviewed by The Times, the

alleged

incident

allegedly

occurred around midnight on Dec. 15, 2023, when Preschutti

says he

forgot to close out his bar tab before leaving the club.

As he was walking away from the West Hollywood venue, Preschutti heard several employees yelling at him

to stop

.

Two bouncers who had yelled at him then ran up, grabbed Plaintiff and detained him, legal documents read. Two more then arrived outside, along with a waitress who

had served Preschutti a beer and

told him she still had his debit card.

As Preschutti settled his tab his second of the night

since

he

ha

d closed the first earlier that evening

with the server, the a misunderstanding occurred, and

one of the bouncers yelled,

H

e tried to hit her!

One of the bouncers still restraining Preschutti then allegedly threw him face-down

ontointo

the sidewalk

andAs he repeatedly asked, “What did I do?”,

five to seven Comedy Store bouncers kicked, hit

,

and yelled at him

Preschutti

for an appreciable period of time,

according to

the legal documents

say

.

Preschutti soiled himself during the beating, which was filmed in part and

posted

online.They continue:

At times, their acts became so violent that other bouncers attempted to restrain them, lest they kill Plaintiff

,

”

the lawsuit says.

Preschutti also claims that the bouncer who threw him to the ground shouted, This is for Pauly!

In the lawsuit, Preschutti says that his association with the Comedy Store dates back to 1999

,

and that he had past dealings with Shore and his mother

,

Mitzi

, but it is not known whether such connections are linked to the alleged beating

.

Neither Shore nor the Comedy Stores general manager

has immediately

replied to The Times

immediate

request for comment.

During the beating, which was filmed in part and

posted

online, Preschutti soiled himself.

Sheriff

‘s deputiesofficers

responded at the scene, detaining Preschutti until around 8:30 a.m.

the next morning.

When the comedian arrived home, he slept for approximately 24 hours, then checked himself into the nearby Cedars-Sinai hospital to obtain medical attention on Dec. 17, 2023, the lawsuit

reads says

.

The lawsuit states that Preschutti, who is suing for assault, battery, negligence, premises liability, negligent hiring, aiding and abetting tort and intentional infliction of emotional distress, suffered severe physical and emotional damages as a result of the beating.

He is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages and coverage of legal fees

,

and has requested a jury trial.

Preschuttis suit is the second of its kind launched at the Comedy Store this year.

The first, which is cited in Preschuttis lawsuit, was filed in January by clubgoers

Sean Kehoe

and his daughter

Kirra Lyn Potts

, who allege Kehoe was violently grabbed and attacked by bouncers during a Nov. 20, 2022, visit to the club.

Kehoe claims Shore was both aware of the allegedly planned assault and that he agreed with and encouraged the bouncers.