Colosseum owner Anthony Santurri apologized for the alleged assault on two students by bouncers inside his downtown nightclub last night.
Michael Quinn '13 and Jonathan Smallwood '12 said they were dragged by two Colosseum bouncers down a flight of stairs and thrown out by their necks around midnight Wednesday. The club's staff said Quinn and Smallwood did not respond to their requests to stop dancing on the bar, but the students said they were dancing on the stage.
Santurri said he did not learn of the altercation until today. "I am absolutely beyond livid that I wasn't contacted," he said.
Though Santurri did not blame either party, he said he would like to apologize to the community and the two students for the incident. Santurri said he hopes this incident does not damage the relationship his nightclub has with students. "Brown is a no-trouble crowd," he said.
Santurri said he has not spoken with the nightclub's staff but is conducting an investigation into last night's events and hopes to reach a conclusion soon. He said he will not make a decision regarding the two bouncers in question until he meets with them and reads the Providence Police Department's disturbance report.
