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Vince Neil facing misdemeanor battery charge in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS

Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil is being charged with misdemeanor battery in a case alleging he grabbed a woman’s hair and pulled her to the ground in April outside a Las Vegas Strip resort.

Neil’s attorney, David Chesnoff, declined to comment Friday on the criminal complaint and summons filed June 27. It orders Neil to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court on July 27.

The incident came to light after bystander cellphone video provided to TMZ.com showed actor Nicolas Cage physically restraining Neil before police arrived April 7 outside the Aria resort.

The 55-year-old Neil wasn’t arrested, and Cage wasn’t accused of a crime.

Associated Press