A cast member from the musical Phantom of the Opera and a Taiwanese man have pressed charges following a brawl inside a Taipei nightclub late last month.
Chris Lee Wright from the UK is starring in the hit musical, which is running in Taipei until Mar. 12.
"Prosecutors started to investigate the case after each side decided to sue the other for causing actual bodily harm," said Taipei Prosecutors' Office spokesman Lin Pang-liang (林邦樑) yesterday.
However, if both sides manage to reach a compromise during the investigations the lawsuit would be dismissed, Lin said.
Both men have submitted their hospital injury examination reports to prosecutors.
Taipei police said the incident happened at Luxy, a nightclub on Zhongxiao East Road, late on the evening of Feb. 23.
They said a Taiwanese man, surnamed Chen, and two friends approached two young women while they were in the club, but the women rejected their advances.
Later on that night, Wright and some other cast members from the musical approached the women, began chatting with the girls and enjoying the night together, the police said.
Chen, angry over his rejection, purposely bumped into Wright while the men were in the restroom, and they began to quarrel.
Police said the argument continued as the men returned to their seats, and then a fight broke out.
Police said that Chen allegedly hit Wright on the head with a wine bottle while Chen's head was injured and one of his legs was broken during the scuffle.
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