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New Details Emerge in Reality Star’s Las Vegas Throw Down

The HGTV personality was cited for battery after allegedly pummeling a fellow guest at a Las Vegas casino last week.

One week after HGTV star Tarek El Moussa was cited for battery after a fight at a Las Vegas casino, a police report is shedding new light on the incident. TMZ said the police report states that El Moussa’s opponent bumped into a chair occupied by the Flip or Flop star’s father, then had a verbal confrontation with the elder El Moussa. The conversation seemingly took a turn, causing Tarek to “spring to his feet and charge.” When the other man lunged at El Moussa’s legs to tackle him, the reality star reportedly knocked him to the floor, then pummeled him three times. The men provided two very different accounts when police arrived shortly afterward, with El Moussa claiming he confronted the man to “protect his dad,” who has back problems, while the other man alleged El Moussa charged him unprompted. Security footage from the casino confirmed El Moussa’s version, and police issued him a citation, but did not arrest him. El Moussa’s attorneys told TMZ he intends to contest the allegations and “assert his right to self-defense and the defense of his elderly and infirmed father.”