brawls

If I’m a PM at BlackRock, Wellington Management, State Street, GAMCO, Citigroup, Two Sigma, or AQR, all of which own a significant number of shares in the restaurant chain, my takeaways are: 1. Crowded as hell, that’s good 2. Patrons are not strictly meth addicts, that’s good 3. Professional conflict mitigation services available on-site (check out how calm, cool and collected the waiter who breaks things up is), that’s good 4. Apparently the cost-cutting through syrup sparsity program is being effectively implemented. So the answer would be hell yes. Continue reading »

Last May, accused Ponzi schemer Allen Stanford’s lawyers asked that their clients be let out of prison for two reasons. 1) Keeping him there ahead of his trial, scheduled to start in January 2011, was unconstitutional and 2) he was getting this shit beat out of him, including one incident in which he was “so savagely beaten that he lost all feeling in the right side of his face and lost near-field vision in his right eye. The court decided not to let him out and he has again been roughed up a bit. Continue reading »

A year or so ago, petroleum trader Jeremy Aylmer punched IT executive Charles Cox outside London nightclub Floridita, over a lady. As of last month he was facing manslaughter charges because Cox was knocked unconscious, never came to, and died 20 months later. Today, a court informed him it’s all good.

Aylmer claimed he acted in self-defence and a jury took just 32 minutes to acquit him of manslaughter at Inner London Crown Court. Aylmer, who works for oil giant Chevron, insisted Mr Cox was the ‘aggressor’ during the altercation in the early hours of November 23, 2007. He said Mr Cox had pushed him and swore at him in a row over a woman.

City trader cleared of killing businessman outside West End nightclub [Telegraph via BI]

Earlier: London Trader Facing Manslaughter Charges For Killing A Guy With One Punch

Remember back in December, when it was reported that Bernie Madoff got the shit beat out him, sustaining “facial fractures, broken ribs and a collapsed lung”? At the time, prison officials wouldn’t say the injuries were a result of a brawl in the yard and Berns is no snitch, so he wouldn’t say anything either. Today sources on the inside have confirmed that yes, Ponzi boy’s face was rearranged by a fellow inmate who believed that Madoff owed him money. Here’s what else we know about the attacker. He was a big fella and possibly a bit of a mama’s boy.

Picture 66.pngBernie Madoff was treated for “facial fractures, broken ribs and a collapsed lung” earlier this week that prison officials will not confirm was the result of a brawl in the yard but that sources say were “consistent with an assault.” This comes as a shock as we were under the impression Berns could hold his own in a fight, and that his boys (the “homosexual posse“) had his back. Anyway, we need a few more answers namely:
* Who did this to him?
* What sparked the argument?
* Who threw the first punch?
* Were the phrases “I’ll eat your asshole,” “I’ll fuck you ’til you love me,” “I’ll fuck your ass in front of everybody,” or “You wouldn’t last two minutes in my world, white boy” uttered?