Quote:Former American Idol contestant Haley Reinhart was arrested early Saturday morning for punching a bouncer in the head. What is still unclear is how Reinhart, who is just over five feet tall, managed to reach the bouncer's head.

Haley and her friends were, umm… ‘asked to leave' The Lamplighter Inn after knocking over a table, and that's presumably when the smoky voiced singer turned prizefighter and unleashed the fury of her fist on the nearest bouncer. While bad experiences with club security are common, flying fists seem excessive considering being kicked out for flipping a table is far from unreasonable. This past weekend, the group I went out with was nearly turned away from a Lower East Side club because the bouncer deemed my brother's lack of sleeves unacceptable. He was being completely ridiculous but, far from going Ed Norton on him, my indignation amounted to a weak protest of "C'mon man, he's from out of town."

Since her run on American Idol, Reinhart has put out two albums and acted in the Netflix series "F Is For Family". Based on this past weekend's events, F is not just for ‘family' but for ‘fight', ‘felony' and… ‘fashion'? Yes, this is the same Haley Reinhart who did a Baeble series on fall fashion almost five years ago. After watching this clip, I cannot for the life of me see the sunny pop star who broke down her "classy, sexy pinup look" throwing a punch.

Based on this picture, she honestly seems more like the girl in the bar who would be taking group snapchats of herself and her friends, using those filters that give you dog and cat ears and immaculately glowing skin.

She takes to the retro style of the 1950's, but after seeing this photo, we're thinking she should go punk rock.

Haley's lawyer, Dina LaPolt, has released a statement claiming the bouncers were overly aggressive and that they injured one of Haley's friends. According to LaPolt, Haley is taking action against the Lamplighter Inn and its staff. She has been released from police custody and her first court date is scheduled for August 2.

Quote:Police confirm that a person was injured during the scuffle last weekend at Lamplighter Inn Tavern & Grill in Palatine in which "American Idol" singer Haley Reinhart was arrested and accused of punching a bouncer in the head.

The injured person's identity, attacker and condition are not being released because the investigation is still ongoing, Palatine police Cmdr. Craig Lesselyoung said Wednesday

The only charges that have been filed so far are a battery charge against Reinhart, Lesselyoung said, but it's possible, depending on the outcome of the investigation, that other people could face charges.

"We're still working to know exactly what happened," he said. "We have an investigator who's still talking to people who were there during that time."

Police also are trying to find surveillance video that might help their investigation.

(07-12-2017, 05:46 PM)Miguel Wrote: A friend of the injured person said in a deleted TMZ comment -- before Dina's statement -- that Haley came to his aid as he was being stomped.

Quote:American Idol" alum Haley Reinhart's friend was taken down by bouncers and choked so hard ... his entire head was blood red during the bar brawl that led to Haley's arrest.
TMZ obtained video of the melee, and it's intense -- 2 bouncers at the Lamplighter Inn, outside Chicago, had Haley's male friend surrounded and at least one of them had his hands wrapped around the friend's neck.
Haley was right in the middle of the fracas and you see her square off with one of the bouncers, who accuses her of punching him in the head before tossing her out of the bar.
The brutal video supports what Haley's attorney told us -- that bar staffers had assaulted one of Haley's friends, leaving him with multiple injuries