The alleged victim of a nightclub brawl for which footballer Steven Gerrard was arrested is a DJ there, police sources confirmed today.
The Liverpool FC and England star remains in police custody after the 34-year-old Southport man was taken to hospital with facial injuries.
Sources confirmed the man was an employee of the Lounge Inn, in Southport, Merseyside, where the midfielder and five other men were arrested on suspicion of assault in the early hours of today.
Gerrard, 28, was at the restaurant and bar - which turns into a nightclub - with friends to celebrate Liverpool's 5-1 destruction of Newcastle United.
But trouble began and an altercation took place outside the premises in Bold Street.
The town centre premises remained shut today but evidence of a fight inside could be seen through the windows.
Spots of blood were clearly visible on the floor, and shards of broken glass.
A Bentley car, which is believed to have been parked overnight, remained outside the club with a parking ticket attached.
Today Gerrard’s wife Alex Curran, 26, left a coffee shop close to the police station where the father of her two children was being questioned.
She refused to answer reporters’ questions as she walked to her Bentley car and drove off in the opposite direction from the police station, heading towards Liverpool.
The sister of the Lounge Inn co-owner, Dario Curcillo, said the footballer was in the club to celebrate his team’s win over Newcastle United earlier in the day.
She said: “As far as I know he comes here regularly and it was just a normal night at the bar.
“I don’t know anything about what happened last night.”
She added that her brother was unavailable for comment.
A Liverpool FC spokesman said the club would not be commenting on their captain’s arrest.
A police spokesman said: “Merseyside Police are investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.
“At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.
“Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street.
“The men, four aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, who all come from the Huyton area, a 28-year-old man from Formby and an 18-year-old man from Litherland remain in police custody.
“A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.
A man, who said he was a friend of Gerrard, later drove off in the Bentley parked outside the bar in Bold Street.
He said the car did not belong to the footballer and added he did not want to comment on last night’s incident.
The Liverpool FC and England star remains in police custody after the 34-year-old Southport man was taken to hospital with facial injuries.
Sources confirmed the man was an employee of the Lounge Inn, in Southport, Merseyside, where the midfielder and five other men were arrested on suspicion of assault in the early hours of today.
Gerrard, 28, was at the restaurant and bar - which turns into a nightclub - with friends to celebrate Liverpool's 5-1 destruction of Newcastle United.
But trouble began and an altercation took place outside the premises in Bold Street.
The town centre premises remained shut today but evidence of a fight inside could be seen through the windows.
Spots of blood were clearly visible on the floor, and shards of broken glass.
A Bentley car, which is believed to have been parked overnight, remained outside the club with a parking ticket attached.
Today Gerrard’s wife Alex Curran, 26, left a coffee shop close to the police station where the father of her two children was being questioned.
She refused to answer reporters’ questions as she walked to her Bentley car and drove off in the opposite direction from the police station, heading towards Liverpool.
The sister of the Lounge Inn co-owner, Dario Curcillo, said the footballer was in the club to celebrate his team’s win over Newcastle United earlier in the day.
She said: “As far as I know he comes here regularly and it was just a normal night at the bar.
“I don’t know anything about what happened last night.”
She added that her brother was unavailable for comment.
A Liverpool FC spokesman said the club would not be commenting on their captain’s arrest.
A police spokesman said: “Merseyside Police are investigating an assault that took place in the early hours of Monday December 29 on Bold Street in Southport.
“At around 2.30am this morning officers attended a disturbance at a licensed premises on Bold Street.
“Six men were arrested on suspicion of section 20 assault on Lord Street.
“The men, four aged 33, 31, 29 and 19, who all come from the Huyton area, a 28-year-old man from Formby and an 18-year-old man from Litherland remain in police custody.
“A 34-year-old man from Southport was taken to hospital with facial injuries which are not believed to be life-threatening.
A man, who said he was a friend of Gerrard, later drove off in the Bentley parked outside the bar in Bold Street.
He said the car did not belong to the footballer and added he did not want to comment on last night’s incident.
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