Hotel Employee May Get $11 Million Settlement For Russell Crowe Attack

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Hotel Employee May Get $11 Million Settlement For Russell Crowe Attack
08/14/2005 03:22 PM
By: NY1 News

There's word that actor Russell Crowe may be about to reach a settlement with the man he allegedly assaulted at a posh Manhattan hotel earlier this summer.

Police say Crowe threw a phone at Nestor Estrada after he was unable to call his wife in Australia from his room at the Mercer Hotel in June.

Now the London Daily Mail says Estrada is close to signing an $11 million deal in exchange for dropping all charges.

Crowe is scheduled to appear in a Manhattan court on September 14.

According to the newspaper, the settlement would allow Crowe to avoid assault and weapons possession charges, which could prevent him from working in the United States.