Johnny Fairplay Files Police Report After Bonaduce Incident
After Johnny Fairplay was left bloodied and battered by Danny Bonaduce on Tuesday night the former "Survivor: Pearl Islands" contestant filed a police report claiming that the red-headed former “The Partridge Family” star knocked out one of his teeth, broke another and left several loose following an onstage encounter at the 2007 Fox Reality Really awards.
The incident took place during the Fox Reality Really Channel awards, which were being held at a nightclub on Sunset Boulevard. (They air 10 p.m. Oct. 13.) A videotape that aired on TMZ.com showed some audience members booing Fairplay, who was on stage as a presenter."Are you guys really booing?" Fairplay asked.
Bonaduce then comes onto the stage.
"They're booing 'cause they hate you" he said.
"That's a good thing, right?" a smiling Fairplay responded.
As Bonaduce walked away, Fairplay called after him. Then, still holding a microphone and with a look at the audience, he backed up and leaped onto Bonaduce, wriggling his legs. Bonaduce held him for a moment and then heaved him up over his head.
The 48-year-old Bonaduce, who first became a star at age 10 on "The Partridge Family," told TMZ that Fairplay "started to throttle me" and he threw him to stop the attack.
"I'm sorry he got hurt," he said.
However, Fairplay told TMZ he was giving Bonaduce a hug one of his signature moves as a performer.
"It's a nice thing," he said.
Bonaduce "threw me over his head as hard as he could. ... I just went, like, mouth first into the stage," he said.
"It knocked one tooth out and then it moved three others ... there's like floating bones. One tooth is, like, shattered eight times. There's like eight breaks," Fairplay said.
Fairplay said he underwent 2 1/2 hours of dental surgery and needs additional work.
Asked if he had any last words to say to Bonaduce, he replied: "You're mean."
