A die-hard Yankee fan became a life-sized bobble-head after being sucker-punched at the Stadium, according to a Bronx Supreme Court lawsuit.
Gregory Everest, 32, of Monroe Township, NJ, lost two teeth and required several dozen stitches to close a gruesome gash in his head after he was knocked out cold during the Aug. 11, 2018 incident at a Yankees-Texas Rangers game, the suit says.
The unidentified assailant was seated in mezzanine section 211, several rows behind Everest, who was attending the afternoon game with two pals, court papers state.
During the seventh inning, Everest and his two friends got up to leave the game when the “visibly intoxicated” patron “cursed, berated and verbally threatened to assault” him, the suit says. The plaintiff’s attorney believes the assailant felt his client and pals were blocking their view.
As Everest made his way to the stairway leading to the mezzanine level concourse, the unidentified attacker stood up and approached Everest while continuing the vulgar verbal onslaught, the complaint says.
At that point, Yankee Stadium security responded and “escorted” Everest to the mezzanine concourse where NYPD officers were present. The lawsuit alleges Everest was detained by cops and security for no reason while nothing was done to the drunken lout who threatened him.
Everest was standing with the guards and cops adjacent to a steel handrail surrounding the escalators when the unhinged patron swung his fist “over and and between them,” hitting Everest in the face and head, the suit says.
The roundhouse punch knocked out Everest, who fell “head-first into the steel pointed corner of the hand rail/fencing,” the complaint says.
Everest was transported by ambulance to Bronx Lebanon Hospital.
“He was knocked out cold. He doesn’t remember anything,” attorney George Stavropoulos told The Post, noting the two pals recounted the series of events. The attorney alleged the phantom “bodybuilder-type” fan disappeared without a chase.
Said Everest through his attorney: “I’ve been a lifelong fan of the Yankees team and players, but not a fan of the Yankee organization and security and the NYPD. They let me down.”
The suit — which seeks $6 million in damages — names the city, the NYPD, Yankee Stadium LLC, Yankee Global Enterprises, Legends Hospitality LLC and the “John Doe” assailant as defendants. The Yankees did not respond to a request for comment.
