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Larry Bakman — an ex-TV choose on the truth present “Hot Bench” — may find yourself having to reply to at least one himself as a result of an lawyer claims he bought violent … and has the entire thing captured on audio.
Fari B. Nejadpour — who’s been repping a girl in a DV case right here in L.A. — tells TMZ … Bakman is representing the lady’s husband. Nejadpour says the case began final fall however issues took a nasty flip this week.
According to Nejadpour … Bakman had filed a movement asking that Nejadpour be disqualified because the spouse’s lawyer because of an alleged battle — particularly, he’d repped the aunt of a shopper of Bakman’s a few 12 months in the past … one thing Nejadpour says is totally irrelevant.
He filed an opposition to Larry’s movement, which was going to be heard Monday in an L.A. courtroom — Nejadpour tells us that is when he bumped into Bakman in a courthouse hallway.
Nejadpour says he confronted Bakman about his submitting, and claims Bakman responded with hostility … allegedly replying, “F*** you, ass****.”
Nejadpour tells us he was shocked and informed Bakman he was going to file him to point out the choose how he was behaving. He says he turned on the recorder and began following Bakman, who he says was strolling away to enter the courtroom.
At this level — which we’re informed is when the audio begins to choose up — Nejadpour claims Bakman rapidly rotated and punched him within the chest with each palms … which Nejadpour says despatched him crumbling to his ft and writhing in ache.
He tells us he checked right into a hospital that day, the place he at the moment stays. Nejadpour claims to have suffered a laceration to the suitable aspect of his chest and an harm to his knee … he additionally says he needs Bakman prosecuted.
LAPD tells us a battery report was filed, and so they’re investigating. We’re informed Bakman hasn’t been arrested.
We additionally reached out to Bakman, who declined to remark.