LEMON ‘FRESH’ IN BAR

Hamptons suit

He’s soured on Lemon. A former Hamptons bartender says in a new lawsuit that Don Lemon assaulted him after the CNN host disgustingly fondled himself at a local watering hole.

Dustin Hice says in his Suffolk County Supreme Court suit that he was slinging drinks in July 2018 at the Old Stove Pub in Sagaponack when he and his coworkers decided to go out after work one night.

The group headed to Murf ’s Backstreet Tavern in Sag Harbor, where Hice told The Post, “I see out of the corner of my eye, it’s Don Lemon’’ there, too.

“I said, ‘Hey, Don, let me buy you a drink.’ I turned to Nick the bartender and said, ‘Hey, Nick, let me get two [vodka] Lemon Drops’ and put two fingers in the air,” Hice said. “Don was sitting with two or three other people, and he looks at me and goes, ‘I’m just trying to have a good time, man.’ I said, ‘ Oh, OK, sorry,’ and that was it,’’ Hice said.

“I absolutely wasn’t hitting on him whatsoever,’’ Hice said of Lemon, 53, who is gay and married.

As alleged in his complaint, Hice, 38, told The Post, “About five or 10 minutes later, Don gets up, walks around the bar, comes up right up to me and puts his hands down his board shorts. He rubs himself aggressively, his penis and whatever else down there.”

Lemon (above) then “shoved his index and middle fingers in Plaintiff ’s moustache and under Plaintiff ’s nose,’’ according to Hice’s suit, which was filed over the weekend. “And he goes, ‘ Do you like p---y or d--k?’ And he kept saying, ‘ P or D? P or D?’ He said it three or four times. I’m like, ‘Whoa, man, what the hell?’ ” claimed Hice, who is suing for unspecified damages.

Lemon “categorically denies these claims,’’ CNN said in a statement, adding, “The plaintiff in this lawsuit has previously displayed a pattern of contempt for CNN on his social-media accounts. This claim follows his unsuccessful threats and demands for an exorbitant amount of money from Don Lemon.’’

Hice denied CNN’s assertions.