Thursday, September 30, 2010

Del Hedgepath, Club NRG owner, accused of slapping a patron. May have had his last call (updated)

Posted by on Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:47 AM

Del Hedgepath's mug from 2008 still stands the test of time.
  • Del Hedgepath's mug from 2008 still stands the test of time.
Del Hedgepath's mug from 2008 still stands the test of time.
Update (9:47 a.m. September 30): The party is over at Club NRG. Fox 4 reports that the former Club NV is closed for business and owner Del Hedgepath is fielding offers to sell the building at Admiral and McGee -- and he has six months to dump the space.

Original Story (9 a.m. September 29): Spending a night at Club NRG is totally anachronistic, like being cast in an old Western that takes place in the urban core. Everywhere are the modern brewings of a classic feud: Men urinate off NRG's balcony onto apartment buildings below and throw rocks when they're asked to stop. People get shot in the butt. Sheriffs show up regularly -- more than a hundred times this year.

And even if the crowd is well-behaved on a given night, the staff can do bad all by itself. The bartender might smash another woman's head open with a bottle of Grey Goose, or maybe some more employees will be accused of raping a clubgoer after a cocaine party. The crazy keeps pumping out of NRG, and this time it's coming straight from the owner.



Julius Floyd (aka Young Boss), owner of Hoodboy Records, hosted a high-profile party at the club last month, according to Fox 4. After he was paying the DJs at the end of the night, Floyd went downstairs only to allegedly find Del Hedgepath, the owner of Club NRG, touching Floyd's ladyfriend.

"What are you doing, she tells you she's with me and we are about to leave, I'm paying the DJ's and what are you doing putting your hands on a female anyway?" Floyd recounted to Fox 4. When Floyd confronted him, Hedgepath then supposedly reached his hand around a bouncer, slapped Floyd's face, and jumped back behind the bouncer to hide in the safe and secure folds of the bouncer's bulk.

Floyd says he defended himself and was tackled by the bouncers. He decided to file a police report rather than settling the score at the club. Now Hedgepath is charged with assault. Said Floyd to Fox 4:

"Other club owners take their business serious. They are there for longevity of business, not just about the money. With (Hedgepath), it's all about the money."

(In fact, there's a book written about Hedgepath's love of money. If you'd like to learn how to rake in dough the Hedgepath way, consider purchasing the book Rags to Riches: Motivating Stories of How Ordinary People Achieved Extraordinary Wealth!. He's Chapter One.)

Those without a taste for the dramatic are growing sick of NRG's mayhem. Back when NRG was called Club NV, it was fined and suspended. Now, the city is willing to hold off on zapping Club NRG on two conditions: that Hedgepath sells the club by November 30, and that he never be involved with the club's management again.

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