Shoe maven and reality TV star wanna-be Rashidah Ali used a razor blade when she sliced open a Manhattan bouncer’s cheek during a wild brawl at a SoHo club, court records reveal.
The 27-year-old Ali, who was released on $10,000 bail, faces felony assault charges for a vicious attack on bouncer Joseph Wright.
Wright told investigators Ali swiped at his “face with a razorblade causing (Wright) to suffer a deep laceration,” according to court documents.
A publicist for the actress, who has guest spots on “Basketball Wives” and “Real Housewives of Atlanta” and faces up to 25 years in prison, is claiming the victim changed his story to include the weapon.
“His story is changing. It’s gone from her nails to her having a razor,” rep Soulgee McQueen told the Daily News.
“She doesn’t carry a razorblade,” McQueen said. “She wouldn’t get into the club with a razorblade.”
McQueen claimed Wright’s story shifted after it became clear nails couldn’t have caused the kind of injuries he suffered: a seven-inch long cut that severed an artery and a nerve and required more than 50 stitches, according to a criminal complaint filed by prosecutors.
In either case, McQueen denied his client was involved.
“She was nowhere near him,” he insisted. “He’s obviously looking for money.”
Wright filed a $10 million lawsuit against Ali for the Jan. 26 cutting.
McQueen said Ali’s name was the only one Wright probably knew – because it was her birthday bash.
Wright’s lawyer agreed that nails never could have done that kind of damage. “He said he never saw ,” Paul Edelstein said. “It doesn’t matter how well manicured her nails were, she had to have something other than a nail to do that.”
Investigators charge Ali sliced the bouncer as he dragged two of her pals out of the club’s VIP section for feeling up a cocktail waitress.
Edelstein said Ali turned herself in Friday after Wright picked her out of a police line up.
The lawyer said his client will have a permanent scar and that the nerve damage means he can’t, for now anyway, furrow his brow.
“Now, he’ll be the scary bouncer,” Edelstein said of Wright, who hopes to return to work soon.
