An Australian clubgoer who claims he was assaulted by YG and Ty Dolla $ign at a nightclub last month is looking for an apology from the artists in exchange for foregoing any legal actions.
Nelly Yoa, a professional soccer player on the practice team for Melbourne City FC’s Hyundai A-league team, spoke exclusively with HipHopDX on the phone and via email and recounted the incident. He also explained his request for a public or private apology from the West Coast artists. As a regular at the Eve Nightclub where the incident took place on January 25, Yoa says he has access to closed-circuit television footage that clearly shows YG, Ty Dolla $ign and a personal bodyguard kicking and punching him after he refused to leave the V.I.P. room.
After waiting for the artists to arrive at the club, Yoa says that a personal security guard cleared the V.I.P. section of paying customers.
“Once they did arrived in the booth, they did not look impressed with the party-goers,” Yoa says. “All of a sudden their body guard started abusing everyone, asking everyone to leave the V.I.P. booth immediately.”
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After refusing to leave the booth, Yoa says the same security guard punched him before YG and Ty Dolla $ign joined in.
“I [wasn’t] gonna leave,” he says. “I had the right to be in there. All of a sudden he punches me. I sort of lean back a little bit. He tried to punch me again. I grabbed his collar and sort of dragged him down as I was falling from his punch. All of a sudden, Ty Dolla $ign punches me. All of a sudden, I see YG comes and kicks me to the side of the face while I was on the ground.”
“I was than [sic] escorted to rear exit of the club. As I was being escorted out, I see TY Dolla $ign, YG and their body guard [sic] leaving as-well coming up right behind me,” he adds in an email. “Ty Dolla $ign caught up to me, at this stage I was very angry and upset. So I wasn’t sure if he wanted to continue to fight me or not. So straight away, I punched him to the right jaw of his face, and I ran. Thats when they started to chase me down the main road outside of the club.”
Representatives for YG and Ty Dolla $ign did not respond by press time.
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After returning to the club, which was apparently subsequently closed for the night, Yoa says security advised him to file a police report. Still, Yoa is calling for an apology by the end of next in exchange for not filing charges.
“At the moment I’m giving both YG, TY Dolla $ign and their body guard [sic] until next week…the chance to apologies [sic] to me publicly or privately,” he says. “Once that happen [sic] I’ll be more than willing to withdraw any legal action against their names. I’m doing this as fan. I’m not trying to sue them. If I took that path in suing both artist, I think they’ll be bankrupt. I’m not after money or in need of it, or settlement, this issue can be resolve like adult [sic] and as role model to the community. So I urge them to do the right thing.”
Yoa also spoke about the fallout from the incident negatively affecting his near-future soccer prospects.
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“I was due to sign a short term contract this month with [Melbourne City], after last week [sic] incident the chances of signing this contract is in tatters. My football career is now in jeopardy because of the negative reporting after the news report surface [sic] last week of the incident.”
Images of Yoa’s statement are as follows:
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