Bebe Rexha assault suspect in custody as singer gets medical treatment

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TMZ. The phone-pelter suspect was quickly identified, with cops arresting Nicolas Malvagna for assault. NYPD officers charged the 27-year-old Manalapan, New Jersey, man with a felony for using his cell as a weapon.

He remains in police custody and is set to be arraigned later Monday, ABC7NY reported.“Bebe was amazing — but at the end of the show as she was leaving the stage, somebody threw what was apparently a phone and hit her right in the face,” fan Brian Good, 48, of Kearny, New Jersey, told The Post Monday morning. “She staggered around, fell down, and her people pulled her off the stage.

Scary. Police were coming into the building as we left, and we think maybe an ambulance came, too.”Rexha was hit just below her left eye and crew members had to rush to her aid, according to multiple eyewitness reports.Absolutely great show ruined by a fan throwing their phone at @BebeRexha hopefully she is ok after that pic.twitter.com/4eBScgurv5Videos shared across social media showed the Grammy-nominated songstress clutching her cheek as concertgoers chanted her name.Meanwhile, the star posted a photo of her injury to Instagram early Monday, declaring: “I’m good”The Staten Island native’s fans immediately clamored to Twitter to express their support for her, with many condemning the bizarre attack.A post shared by Bebe Rexha (@beberexha)“Wow, this is so vile, nasty, and disturbing.

Bebe Rexha doesn’t deserve this at all. I hope she is ok, and I hope the person who threw the phone gets charged with assault,” one follower tweeted.“This is Bebe Rexha being rushed out of the concert venue here in NYC after someone threw a f–king phone and hit her face as she was leaving the stage,” another fan wrote. “We were all having a hell of a.