Boosie Badazz Sued by Nightclub Bouncer Over Alleged Hookah Attack

A Houston nightclub security guard has filed a civil lawsuit against rapper Boosie Badazz, accusing him of smashing a glass hookah over his head during a violent, unprovoked attack that left him bleeding and requiring emergency medical treatment.

The suit, filed last Thursday in Harris County against both the rapper, born Torence Hatch, and the Dome nightclub, arrives roughly two months after Boosie was criminally charged with aggravated assault over the same incident.

According to the complaint, Edward Iglehart was working security at the club in May when he became entangled in an altercation with a woman later identified as the rapper's niece. Iglehart's attorneys say the woman had grown "visibly intoxicated" and attempted to re-enter the venue after it had already closed for the night.

When Iglehart denied her entry and directed her to another security officer, she allegedly became combative, struck him, and prompted him to take hold of her arm to walk her away from the area. During that process, the lawsuit claims, she lost her footing and fell to the ground, and Iglehart bent down in an effort to help her back up.

It was at that moment, the complaint alleges, that Boosie struck without warning. Court filings describe the rapper as standing on a table nearby, still holding the top portion of a broken hookah pipe, its glass base shattered and jagged.

Attorneys for Iglehart say their client had no chance to brace himself or defend against the blow, describing him as having been "violently ambushed" while his back was turned and he was focused on assisting the injured woman.

The complaint states that Iglehart immediately felt a searing, explosive jolt of pain as blood began streaming down his face, and that he looked up to find Hatch still gripping the broken glass fixture above him.

The lawsuit also names the club's operating entity, 1720 Main Entities LLC, accusing the business of negligence for continuing to serve alcohol to Hatch and his party well past the point of obvious intoxication. Attorneys argue the venue created a dangerous environment by allowing a visibly impaired patron to remain in the VIP section rather than cutting him off or removing him, ultimately exposing its own staff to physical harm.

The filing asserts that the club effectively allowed Hatch to become intoxicated to a degree that made him a danger to anyone who crossed his path that night, including the very employee tasked with keeping order.

The civil case follows a felony aggravated assault charge the rapper already faces from Houston police, who allege he attacked Iglehart after being told his niece could not use the restroom because the business had closed.

The rapper was released on an $85,000 bond shortly after his arrest and has publicly maintained his innocence, previously describing the charges as little more than a shakedown attempt.

The legal exposure comes at a particularly precarious time for Boosie. He is currently serving a three-year probation term stemming from a federal gun possession case resolved last year, and prosecutors overseeing that supervision have already recommended revoking his release and sending him to prison for eighteen months in light of the new allegations.

Compounding his legal troubles, Boosie is separately suing a group of lobbyists, claiming he paid them $600,000 in a failed bid to secure a presidential pardon and is now demanding his money back.