911 Drama Unveiled: Tarek El Moussa's Vegas Casino Brawl and Battery Citation
SHOCKING 911 CALL REVEALED: HGTV STAR TAREK EL MOUSSA IN EXPLOSIVE FIGHT AT LAS VEGAS CASINO
TheScholarlyNote.com has obtained the shocking 911 call that captured the dramatic moment when HGTV star Tarek El Moussa, 43, was caught in an explosive fight at a Las Vegas casino.
In the nearly six-minute audio recording, a male security guard can be heard reporting the incident to authorities as he described the physical altercation involving the Flip or Flop reality TV star. When asked to describe the emergency, the security guard explained that a "male was assaulted" while gaming and suffered injuries to his face at The Palazzo at the Venetian hotel.
The scuffle, between two males, had just happened, and one of them stated he wanted to press charges. In response to the 911 dispatcher's questions over whether either of the men were drinking, the security guard speculated that it "seemed like" they were both under the influence of alcohol. However, he did not believe either of the men were using drugs or had any weapons.
The security guard, who remained anonymous throughout the call, confirmed that neither man involved in the incident was in custody at the time. "We are just talking to them, at the moment," he told the dispatcher.
Tarek's wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, was present at the time of the altercation but had no involvement in the violence. TheScholarlyNote.com has reached out to Tarek's representatives for comment on this shocking incident.
REVEALED: THE SHOCKING DETAILS OF THE FIGHT
According to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's case report, Tarek was identified as the suspect involved in the altercation. The victim, a male born in 1973, told police that he was at a roulette table when an unknown man approached him aggressively and hit him.
The officer noted in his report that the victim "wasn't able to tell how he was hit or how many times, but that he did try to defend himself." After being read his Miranda rights, Tarek declined to continue speaking without a lawyer.
THE FIGHT THAT KICKED IT ALL OFF
According to police reports, the fight started when Tarek's alleged victim bumped into Tarek's father's chair at a roulette table inside The Palazzo. This apparently upset Tarek's father, who allegedly turned around in his seat to face the man.
After Tarek's father turned his back, the man allegedly tapped him on the right shoulder and said something to him that reportedly caused Tarek to get involved. Tarek allegedly got up from his seat and "charged at the man, pushing him back before the two got into a 'fighting stance.'"
As per the police report, Tarek's adversary allegedly went for the star's legs in an attempt to take him down. The case report noted that the victim had purple and red bruising under the right eye and a half-inch cut on the bridge of the nose.
A HISTORY OF CONTROVERSY
This is not the first time that Tarek has been involved in a legal matter. In 2016, he famously darted into the woods with a gun following a "blowup" fight with his ex-wife, Christina Hall.
The event led to the end of their seven-year marriage as it involved him taking a firearm to the Chino Hills State Park Main Ridge Trail. After Hall called 911 to report that her then-husband had taken a handgun and run outside, police responded to a report of a "possibly suicidal male with a gun."
In his book released last year, In Flip Your Life: How to Find Opportunity in Distress — in Real Estate, Business and Life, the father-of-three said after getting into an argument with Hall, he went out to their backyard and hopped over the fence.
While she feared for his life, Tarek insists that he only fled to get some exercise and check out the trails by their property after recently purchasing some new mountain bikes. Since the trail is also home to dangerous wildlife, the TV personality explained that he armed himself with a .38-caliber pistol as an "insurance policy."
A JOURNEY OF SELF-REFLECTION AND GROWTH
In 2022, Hall married Austin-based realtor Joshua Hall, and they welcomed their first child together, a son named Jackson. However, just two years after their wedding, they revealed that they had split.
Meanwhile, Tarek began dating Heather Rae El Moussa, and they welcomed their first child together, a son named Tristan, in 2023. Seven years after his divorce from Hall, Tarek said he holds "nothing against Christina."
"I understand why she did what she did. We had a lot of hard years through my sicknesses and my mental health struggles from the testosterone," he told People. "I've never said any of this, ever."
