RESTAURANT OWNER SAYS VALLI, AVALON ABUSIVE.Byline: Don Holland Daily News Staff Writer A Moorpark restaurant owner restaurant owner n → dueño/a or propietario/a de un restaurante who was allegedly slapped by the wife of crooner Frankie Valli This article has multiple issues: * It needs additional references or sources for verification. * It needs to be expanded. * It may require general cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. testified Wednesday how Valli For the Italian actress, see . Valli (Tamil வள்ளி) is the name of prominent Hindu god Murugan's consort, according to Tamil traditions. She is depicted as a the daughter of a tribal chief. and fellow '60s singer Frankie Avalon Frankie Avalon (born Francis Thomas Avallone, September 18 1939, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor, singer, and former teen idol. Career By the time he was 12, Avalon began making appearances on U.S. hurled obscenities and insults at her in a ``hideous'' spectacle at the upscale eatery. Sandra ``Alex'' Sofsky, co-owner of the Secret Garden restaurant, said the first sign of trouble came when Avalon waved her over to his table after dinner and laid into her about menu prices. ``He asked me who the hell I was, gouging Gouging can be:
Sofsky's testimony came on the second day in the trial of Randy Valli, the singer's wife, who is charged with misdemeanor battery for slapping the restaurant owner during an argument at the restaurant in the fall. Sofsky said she did not recognize Avalon or Valli, who between them topped the charts with hits including, ``Venus,'' ``Walk Like a Man'' and ``Big Girls Don't Cry.'' When asked whether she knew of Frankie Valli, Sofsky misheard the name and deferred answering, apparently further angering the two couples. The Oct. 7 incident escalated, with the celebrity diners Diners can mean:
``I had honestly never run into anything so hideous hid·e·ous adj. 1. Repulsive, especially to the sight; revoltingly ugly. See Synonyms at ugly. 2. Offensive to moral sensibilities; despicable. before in my life,'' Sofsky said. ``I couldn't believe what they were saying to me.'' When Sofsky asked them to leave and reached for a credit card left on the table, Frankie Valli grabbed her arm, she said. Sofsky summoned her husband to the table and then lifted Randy Valli's chair in an attempt to usher USHER. This word is said to be derived from a huissier, and is the name of an inferior officer in some English courts of law Archb. Pr. 25. the group out of the restaurant. Randy Valli said, ``I'm not (expletive) going any place. You can't tell us what to do,'' according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Sofsky. Randy Valli then stood up and slapped Sofsky across the face before lunging at her, she said. Sofsky's husband, Bob, then stepped in. The two couples left without paying the $178 bill. The next day, Frankie Avalon sent a note apologizing for ``the incident'' and a check for $200. Under cross-examination by defense attorney Chuck Samonsky, Sofsky conceded that she was so angry that she contemplated a lawsuit. Samonsky grilled Sofsky about her motives. ``We're not suing them civilly,'' said an upset Sofsky. ``I don't want their money.'' Samonsky also asked Sofsky about quotes attributed to her in tabloid magazines. Although she and several restaurant staffers posed for a tabloid photo, Sofsky said she did so only to get the tabloids to stop harassing her. ``Did you smile for the pictures?'' Samonsky asked. ``Probably,'' Sofsky replied. ``Did you give statements to these tabloids? ``I don't recall . . . I asked them to leave,'' Sofsky said. ``They came to our home. They came to our restaurant. If they took this picture (I hoped) they would please leave us alone.'' The trial is expected to continue into next week. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) VALLI |
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