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Report filed against comedian

Wednesday, June 1, 2005 | 11:01 a.m.

A man who attended a performance last week by the comedian Gallagher in Laughlin filed a report with Metro Police complaining that the watermelon-smashing funnyman slapped him on the head during the show.

The incident occurred about 9:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Riverside. The alleged victim, a 40-year-old man, was seated in the front row, center stage, when he ordered a beverage from a cocktail waitress, according to the police report.

When she returned to give the man his drink and collect payment, "Gallagher became upset and drew attention to (the victim) and cocktail waitress by stepping off the stage and into the table (the victim) was seated at," the report says.

Gallagher walked on the table toward the waitress and told her, "You're ruining my show," the report says, then stood in front of the alleged victim, bent over and slapped him on the side of the head before returning to the stage.

The man filed the report about two hours after the incident, at 11:44 p.m. Gallagher, who was staying at Wynn Las Vegas, was not charged.

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