Cognac, whiskey, a hip-hop artist and an Aspen nightclub are at the heart of a personal injury lawsuit filed Thursday in Aspen.
Local resident Kristin Scharrer is suing Lester Fernandez —better known as “Psycho Les” — and Belly Up Aspen. The suit alleges the bar overserved the Queens, N.Y., hip-hop artist, who’s accused of trying to drag the plaintiff onstage before she fell and hurt her leg.
Scharrer’s suit seeks more than $100,000 in damages. It claims that Psycho Les — one half of the hip-hop duo the Beatnuts — became “visibly intoxicated” on either whiskey, cognac or “some other alcoholic beverage” during a March 18, 2009, performance at the popular Aspen club.
Michael Goldberg, owner of the Belly Up, declined to discuss the suit.
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