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Smokin' Joe's son looks forward to day in court

Smokin' Joe Frazier's son Joe Mahoney is looking forward to testifying Oct. 15 against three employees of Cavanaugh's River Deck (407 N. Columbus), who are charged with beating him senseless outside the club last year.

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Smokin' Joe's son looks forward to day in court

POSTED: Monday, October 6, 2008, 8:56 AM

Dan Gross

Filed Under: Court Stuff | Crime and Punishment

Smokin' Joe Frazier's son Joe Mahoney is looking forward to testifying Oct. 15 against three employees of Cavanaugh's River Deck (407 N. Columbus), who are charged with beating him senseless outside the club last year.

We reported in August 2007 about the arrest of club co-owner Ken Hutchins, and security guards Peter Hutchinson and Eric Wiggins, who, according to a police report beat Mahoney, aka DJ Cuervo, who was found writhing in pain when police arrived. Mahoney, 28, says he announced during his DJ set at the club that he and other friends were heading to another venue, Zee Bar (100 Spring Garden), and asked "Who wants to come?"

Plugging another bar enraged Hutchins, who according to Mahoney then called the half black/half-Irish DJ "a spic" and chased him out of the bar, with several bouncers behind him. Mahoney no longer DJs and now works as a freelance Web designer/consultant. He says he now walks around "like I'm 70 years old," due to being kicked in the back while on the ground. Despite having a boxing legend for a father, Mahoney, a Father Judge and Villanova graduate, says he's not a fighter. Mahoney says he did not fight back, only tried to protect himself during the attack. Witnesses also told police he did not seem to fight back. "Evidence will show the complainant was intoxicated, got out of control and was asked to leave the facility," says attorney Fortunato Perri, Jr., representing Hutchins, 40. "He was the aggresor." Lawyers for Wiggins, 41, and Hutchinson, 24, did not return messages we left them Friday.

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 3:56 PM, 10/06/2008

you guys are sogay phobic, it's odd too since you know so much about their lifestyle

— Eclecticthings

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 2:17 PM, 10/06/2008

Dan mistakenly wrote this article thinking it gave a shout out to DJ Q-u-e-e-r-v-o of the G-Spot fame, Dan's best sqeeze spinning the turntables.

— dpcoz

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:45 PM, 10/06/2008

Yes Goomy. They should have joined the congo line, north up Columbus.

— Patrick M

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 12:42 PM, 10/06/2008

LOL smokin doesn't mean what you think it means.... classic Patrick! Y'all are the highlight of my boring days at work.... thank you each and every last one of you! Your comments are better than the lame posts by Dan!! : )

— SusiFloosi

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 11:55 AM, 10/06/2008

I'm not in the business of defending Fred, but I'm pretty sure he knows how to spell "aggressor". Also Dan, "Smokin'" does not mean what you think it means. Sorry.

— Patrick M