New York Post

Giant tackles Carbone crew

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TROUBLED former New York Giants player Luke Petitgout — who served a month in jail for harassing his wife and her date in 2015 — was arrested at sceney eatery Carbone in Miami early Sunday after a fistfight with waitstaff that led to his friend, James Philip Bruner, pulling a gun on employees at the swanky and starry Italian joint, according to police reports.

The arrest affidavit provided to Page Six by Miami Beach police states that according to “witnesses and victims,” both Petitgout and his pal “were causing a disturbanc­e with the restaurant’s staff, preventing them from commencing their closing procedures. An argument ensued with both defendants and the restaurant staff, which consequent­ly became physical.” Three victims claimed to cops that Petitgout “struck” them “with a closed fist” during the melee.

One staffer at the restaurant — whose original New York location is beloved by Rihanna and the Hadid sisters, among many other stars — claims Bruner “produced a firearm and pointed it directly at him.”

Both Petitgout and Bruner were arrested. Petitgout has a long history of run-ins with the law. He served time in prison in 2015 after allegedly slapping his estranged wife, Jennifer Petitgout, and punching her companion while the pair were on a date at a Midtown lounge. He was convicted only of harassment and acquitted of attempted assault following a trial in Manhattan Criminal Court.

In 2016, he was given probation after he was pulled over by cops in New Jersey while allegedly intoxicate­d and possessing several types of drugs.

Also in 2016, he was given one year of probation and anger management for assaulting his ex-wife, allegedly sexually assaulting and choking her.

Petitgout played — rather aptly as an offensive tackle — for the Giants from 1999 to 2006.

Carbone declined to comment on the incident. There was no response from Petitgout’s last known lawyer at press time.

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