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It was an enraged fellow spin class member that knocked him and his exercise bike into a wall at the Equinox Gym on East 86th St. in August, but now it's Stuart Sugarman who is very angry!
The 48-year-old hedge fund manager is furious that city prosecutors are only charging 44-year-old broker Christopher Carter with a misdemeanor in the incident, which occurred after Carter asked Sugarman to tone down ("Shut the f--- up!") his vocal exuberance ("You go girl!") and the whooping spinner declined ("Don't be a baby.")
The criminal complaint filed against Carter only mentions "sustained lower back pain" and "substantial pain," while Sugarman insists "This wasn't just a playground fall where Stewy fell down and went boo hoo," according to the New York Post. Sugarman spent two weeks at Lenox Hill Hospital and underwent back surgery to treat contusions to six vertebra with metal plates, screws, and cadaver tissue. His doctor claims that Sugarman was "one click away from a wheelchair."
Sugarman also suffered a concussion when Carter pushed him and the exercise bike into a wall. Adding insult to injury, Equinox left Sugarman a voicemail while he was in the hospital informing him that his gym membership had been canceled. Carter's lawyer claims that Sugarman is attempting to manipulate the criminal justice system in preparation for a civil suit.
We can't help but think that if this story is ever adapted for the screen, Sugarman could be well-played by Donnie Wahlberg, and Vince Vaughn would make a good casting choice as Carter.
(Photos of Sugarman and Carter from the New York Post)
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I guess the steroids weakened his bones.
Let this be a lesson to all you grunters. Shut the F up!
"you go girl" emanated from this guy's mouth?
HA HA HA HA. Sorry no sympathy from me.
ha ha. Men are dumb.
It's a shame they both didn't have guns. That way we would probably be a better world for the loss of both of them.
An injured hedge fund manager is something to celebrate, but a broker who can't control his psychotic impulses isn't exactly surprising.
they couldn't do without the cartoon neckbrace!
Planet Earth to Stuey: Don't be a baby.
I don't care if the upper crust beats each other to death. Who cares? They can afford to fix themselves, and pay for whatever justice they require.
tone down not "tone done"
#9, These guys and their lawyers are the kinds of people that drive up insurance costs for everyone else.
If we could post images in comments I'd post a picture of two douche bags.
I have no idea who to root for here. Let them kill each other - who loses from that scenario?
What's with the fucking flowers? I can't stop laughing.
That guy's cheesy facial hair and receding hairline say it all.
where are the brains This story is the sad and pathetic story of muscles as brain
white people
I think Ben Stiller is a better choice as the Sugarman character. He can recycle the facial hair from Dodgeball.
Douche Fest '07
#11 is totally right. This raises everyone's taxes and insurance rates.
Whatever happened to duels? 20 paces at dawn? They seem so civilized in retrospect.
Is this a hate crime? Because everything about "You go girl" Sugarman (sugar man?) screams gay.
You know how I know you're gay?
You take spinning classes.
no spinning classes! yeah! because musclehead men are never to be fit but with other men...how homoerotic of you!
"This wasn't just a playground fall where Stewy fell down and went boo hoo."
Tell me he didn't just refer to himself in the third person???!!! God, what an a**hole. This is why yuppies should be rounded up and penned.
How the hell do you have surgery to repair contusions?! ie BRUISES!!!! Pussys all of them...
Sugarman may or may not be a douchebag, but Carter had no right to assault him. If Sugarman was injured so badly he had to get "metal plates, screws, and cadaver tissue", which he may have for the rest of his life, there's no way Carter should walk away with a misdemeanor. Carter needs to be held accountable for his actions.
The DA's office is laughing.
Whose the girlyman here? I think contusions are a very splint oriented injury.
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The firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe are the obvious lawyers for this case.
In the old days I would prefer Howe and Hume.
SOS
Boys will be boys,
For they have quirks;
And what about men?
Men will be jerks.
It appears neither has been to a gym since the incident.