Renzo Gracie and three others are due in court Friday to answer to a charge of assaulting a bouncer at a New York nightclub earlier this week. Gracie, 47, is charged with assault in the third degree for allegedly throwing a bouncer – identified in a New York Post report as 35-year-old Craig Molesphini – to the ground in the early hours of Monday at the 1 Oak Club in Manhattan. Also charged in the beating are UFC veteran Andre Gusmao , 37, Leonardo Leite, 29, and Strikeforce and WSOF vet Igor Gracie , 34, the cousin of the MMA legend, according to a copy of the criminal complaint obtained by MMAjunkie ( check out the complaint ). The complaint also notes three separately charged defendants – Leonardo Dacosta, Gregor Rangel and Rafael Barbosa Carvalho Da Costa – are also alleged to have participated, bringing the total number of assailants to seven. In New York, the third-degree assault charge is a Class A misdemeanor, which is punishable by up to one year in jail, probation, fines and restitution to the victim. Molesphini suffered a broken elbow after Gracie grabbed him by the body and threw him to the ground, according to the complaint
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Renzo Gracie due in NYC court Friday for alleged bouncer beatdown – MMA Junkie