New York Post

Dick broke leg in ex spat

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ANDY Dick — who was arrested over the weekend in LA for assault with a deadly weapon during a fight with his former lover Lucas Crawford — came out of the brawl with a broken leg, he claims to Page Six.

“He body-slammed my leg,” Dick, who was bailed out of jail on Tuesday, alleged to Page Six. “My femur got broken and my ankle got shattered and the tendons and ligaments on the other side are ripped off the bone.”

A spokespers­on for the comic claimed, “Lucas came to Andy’s apartment that day already in a bad mood,” and that “they were play fighting and razzing each other and Andy says next thing he knew, things turned serious for Lucas.”

The rep claimed it was at this point that Dick responded to the attack in self-defense. “Andy got defensive and scared and tried to limp away from him,” the rep said. “That’s when he grabbed the nearest chair and threw it in Lucas’ direction. The corner of the chair made contact [with Crawford].”

Dick alleged, “I was limping and it hurt and then we got into another fight and I threw a chair. He just has a little cut. I am in a cast.”

The rep told us, “Andy didn’t want to report Lucas. As a friend, he’s tried to help Lucas on several occasions, including giving him money and a place to crash when he’s needed it. Lucas is obviously an individual who has manipulate­d and dominated his relationsh­ip with Andy.”

Dick has publicly struggled with substance addiction, and claimed in 2016 that he had been to rehab 20 times. His rep told us, “Andy and Lucas were drinking. Andy has been open about not maintainin­g his sobriety.” But they said Dick “was drinking socially and remembers everything clearly. He would not consider himself drunk.”

Dick insisted to us that he is fine in terms of his relationsh­ip with drugs and alcohol. “I don’t have substance abuse issues. I don’t do drugs and I barely drink. I won’t even do a shot of vodka. I’ll put a little in and fill the rest with water,” he maintained, though his words sounded slurred.

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