Senator Grisanti back on the job after fracas in Niagra Falls
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 02:00 PM
By Karen DeWitt, New York State Public Radio Capital Bureau Chief
Grisanti back at work today, looking none the worse for wear. (Karen DeWitt / New York State Public Radio)
A State Senator from Western New York was back at work at the State Capitol Monday, following an incident over the weekend at a Niagara Falls Indian Casino where he and his wife were involved in a fight.
Senator Mark Grisanti, a Republican from the Buffalo area, says he tried to quell an argument between two tribe members at the bar of the Seneca Nation casino in downtown Niagara Falls following a diabetes fundraiser, when one of the men attacked him. A fracas ensued, and Grisanti’s wife was beaten by two women, suffering a concussion and other injuries.
Now, one of the women accused in a police report of attacking Maria Grisanti, says the Senator punched her husband as he left the casino, following the fight. Grisanti denies the accusation, and says the only people he may have hit were those holding him back from rescuing his wife.
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Go get them Mark and Maria Grisanti.. Don't let them get away with it.
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