Daily Mail

Sir Rod admits bouncer attack

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SIR Rod Stewart has admitted hitting a bouncer after being refused entry to a New Year’s Eve party – but has avoided getting a criminal record.

The singer, 76, and son Sean, 40, pleaded guilty ‘in absentia’ to ‘simple battery’ over the incident in 2019 involving Jesse Dixon, 34, at a hotel near their home in Palm Beach, Florida.

Sir Rod was due to face trial next month – with the threat of a year behind bars – before an agreement was reached with prosecutor­s yesterday that included a ‘withhold of adjudicati­on’. The pair must pay £510 in court and prosecutio­n costs.

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