Man Beats Self After Strip-Club Visit
A Queens man is charged with lying to police about an incident in which he bashed his own head against a car in an attempt to frame a bouncer who kicked him out of a strip club for assault. The upside: This pretty unambiguously counts as his "rock-bottom moment" to share in whatever court-ordered treatment program he ends up in. [NYP]

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