Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Patti LaBelle's Bodyguard Acquitted in Assault


Back in 2011 Patti LaBelle's bodyguard had a run in with a drunken West Point Cadet that ended with Patti's bodyguard being charged with misdemeanor assault [click here if you missed that].

Aunt Patti's bodyguard is in the clear...

  From The Miami Herald
Singer Patti LaBelle's bodyguard has been acquitted misdemeanor assault in a confrontation with a drunken West Point cadet at a Houston airport terminal.
A Harris County jury returned its verdict Monday clearing Efrem Holmes in the 2011 confrontation with Richard King at a Bush Intercontinental Airport terminal.
According to trial evidence, King had a blood-alcohol level almost 3½ times above the Texas legal threshold for intoxication and didn't remember what happened the day of the incident. According to testimony and surveillance video, King approached a limousine containing LaBelle and verbally abused the performer when her son tried to block his way. King punched him, and Holmes sprang up and punched King several times.