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The man who has been charged with throwing a cell phone at Bebe Rexha while she was on stage has apparently copped to the assault — and offered a very surprising motive for it.
As we’ve been reporting, the 33-year-old singer was performing at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in NYC on Sunday night. As she neared the end of her show, at about 10:00 pm local time, she was walking on stage when a cell phone came flying out of the crowd and struck her in the face.
The I’m Good singer went down HARD, and crew members rushed on stage to help her. She wasn’t OK, either. Paramedics quickly transferred her to a local hospital, where she was given stitches for a nasty cut on the side of her forehead. And she got a horrible black eye, too! Ugh!!
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Cops quickly swooped in and arrested the man who allegedly threw the cell phone. He has since been identified in multiple media reports as 27-year-old Nicolas Malvagna of Manalapan, Jersey.
And his motive for the assault is, uh, interesting… According to Rolling Stone, when Malvagna was taken into custody by NYPD officers in Manhattan, he “confessed to throwing the phone.” Shockingly, when police asked why he did it in the first place, this was his response:
What the f**k?! Is this guy six years old? What kind of adult thinks it’s “funny” to watch an innocent person get hit in the face with something like that?! This is not OK!! And just plain stupid and immature if you ask us…
Thankfully, Bebe has since released a social media vid proclaiming herself to be OK — even if she does have those stitches and a nasty welt above her eye.
As for Malvagna, he may not be as OK. Per that same outlet, his official charges now include
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struck in the eye by a fan who hurled a cell phone at her. Rexha, 33, donned the shades and sparkly blue top while performing her hit song “I’m Good.” Prior to wearing the superhero-esq shades, the “Say my name” singer told audience members she only had two rules for the night: Don’t throw phones and have fun. The high-energy show featured several of Rexha’s hits including “I’m Not High, I’m in Love,” “Miracle Man,” and “I’m a Mess and Sacrifice.” A clip of the singer wearing the goggles was posted on social media where several of the singer’s fans appeared delighted at the singer’s new accessory.
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Bebe Rexha asked fans to not throw phones at her as she made her return to the stage after being in the face by a mobile device last weekend.On Sunday (June 18), the pop singer’s headline show at New York’s rooftop venue Pier 17 was brought to a halt after she was struck in the face by a fan’s phone.The moment was captured on camera, with videos circulating on social media showing an audience member hurling the device which hit Rexha in the face before she dropped to her knees.Im okay you guys
hurled a cellphone at her face during a show in New York City and begged concertgoers to refrain from committing a copycat attack. The 33-year-old “I’m Good (Blue)” singer addressed the shocking caught-on-video incident as she welcomed a crowd at The Fillmore in Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood Tuesday night. She had asked stagehands to tidy up some wires on the floor of the stage — saying she almost “ate s–t like three times” according to a video posted by the Q102 Philly radio station.
Video footage shows the singer being whacked on the forehead as security drags the man offstage. However, Max continued to perform before stepping offstage.Later that night, she revealed on Twitter that she sustained an eye injury.“He slapped me so hard that he scratched the inside of my eye.
Bebe Rexha says her tour “must go on” despite her previous show in New York having ended in “an unfortunate way”.The singer sustained facial injuries, including black eyes, after an audience member threw a phone, which hit the pop star in the face and caused her to fall to the ground. Ahead of her show in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Bebe, real name Bleta, posted on social media, hailing the “amazing show” in her hometown of New York. “Although the show ended in an unfortunate way it was still an amazing show in my hometown,” she said.
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Thania Garcia The 27-year-old man charged for intentionally throwing a cell phone at singer Bebe Rexha during her New York City concert allegedly said he did it as a joke, according to a criminal complaint. The pop singer was hit above the eye by a hurled cell phone that came from the audience at her June 18 show on the Rooftop at Pier 17. Disturbing video of the incident shows the launched phone hitting Rexha, causing her to fall to the floor before being escorted off stage by her team. She was later rushed to a local hospital, leaving her with a wound that required multiple stitches. New York Police were notified of the assault and a preliminary investigation “determined that a 27-year-old male intentionally threw a cell phone” at Rexha. Nicolas Malvagn was later identified as the culprit and was taken into custody on the scene and arrested while EMS removed Rexha to a hospital.
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Bebe Rexha during a gig has reportedly claimed that he did so because he thought it would be “funny”.The incident took place at one of the pop singer’s headline shows in New York on Sunday (June 18), and was brought to a halt after she was struck in the face by a mobile phone.Held at a rooftop venue called Pier 17, the device was thrown by a member of the audience, and fan-captured footage showed the artist grab her face in pain, before eventually dropping to her knees on the stage. Crew members immediately rushed to help her, and it was later revealed that she was seen by a medic and given stitches above her eye.Now, it has been reported that a 27-year-old male was arrested by New York City police, and their preliminary investigation has determined that the cell phone was thrown “intentionally” at the 33-year-old star.Absolutely great show ruined by a fan throwing their phone at @BebeRexha hopefully she is ok after that pic.twitter.com/4eBScgurv5— Alex Chavez (@captiv_8_) June 19, 2023The alleged assailant, Nicolas Malvagna, comes from New Jersey and was taken into custody and arraigned on Monday evening (June 19).
chucking a cell phone at Bebe Rexha’s face as she performed at a Manhattan concert Sunday allegedly committed the assault for his own amusement. “I was trying to see if I could hit her with the phone at the end of the show because it would be funny,” accused phone-pelter Nicolas Malvagna said, according to a criminal complaint. Malvagna, 27, was arrested and charged with assault, aggravated harassment, attempted assault and harassment after his alleged stunt left the “I’m Good (Blue)” singer with a black eye.
Bebe Rexha has shown the facial injuries she received after being hit in the face by a phone at one of her shows.The pop singer was struck by a flying phone at the most recent show of her ongoing ‘Best F’n Night of My Life’ tour yesterday (June 18) at the Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York. Rexha dropped to the ground after an audience member hurled their mobile phone at her.Today (June 19), the 33-year-old singer took to social media to share the aftermath of the injury.
WTF would possess a “fan” to throw a cell phone at a singer on stage and injure her?!?! That’s the question Bebe Rexha is asking right now after the singer was seriously injured on Sunday night.
Singer Bebe Rexha was struck by a cell phone thrown from a man in the audience at Rexha’s rooftop concert in the South Street Seaport neighborhood of Lower Manhattan.
A man has been arrested after singer Bebe Rexha was hit with a cell phone during her concert last night at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City. In video filmed from the audience, Rexha was seen on stage when an object, later confirmed to be a cell phone, flew out of the crowd and hit her in the head.
ABC News, the individual, identified as Nicolas Malvagna from Manalapan, New Jersey, is expected to be arraigned on Monday. The incident, which was captured on video and shared on social media during the “Best F’n Night of My Life” tour, shows Rexha falling to the floor after being hit by the phone.
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