The guy who plays the super-rich, tiny giraffe-owning Russian dude in those DirecTV commercials is being sued for allegedly beating up another guy’s face at an L.A. hotel, according to TMZ. Timothy V. Murphy is accused of sucker punching a guy named Laurence Grossnickle while hanging out on the roof of the famous Huntley Hotel on July 9th. According to the lawsuit, filed in L.A., Murphy used “threatening actions, gestures and words” to scare the hell out of Laurence, before he “became enraged and began hitting Laurence with his fists.” Laurence claims he was “severely injured” in the bathroom, suffering “long-term damages, including facial disfigurement.”
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
DirecTV’s Giraffe Guy Accused Of Beatdown
The guy who plays the super-rich, tiny giraffe-owning Russian dude in those DirecTV commercials is being sued for allegedly beating up another guy’s face at an L.A. hotel, according to TMZ. Timothy V. Murphy is accused of sucker punching a guy named Laurence Grossnickle while hanging out on the roof of the famous Huntley Hotel on July 9th. According to the lawsuit, filed in L.A., Murphy used “threatening actions, gestures and words” to scare the hell out of Laurence, before he “became enraged and began hitting Laurence with his fists.” Laurence claims he was “severely injured” in the bathroom, suffering “long-term damages, including facial disfigurement.”
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