Tarek El Moussa is no longer in legal jeopardy after he was charged with misdemeanor battery following a Las Vegas scuffle – his case has now been dismissed.
According to court records obtained by the Daily Mail, El Moussa, 43, was facing a misdemeanor battery charge over the incident, but he was able to participate in the court’s Pre-Prosecution Diversion Program where he was ordered to complete ‘impulse control counseling’ and to ‘stay out of trouble.’
El Moussa was able to show proof that he completed the diversion program requirements, and a judge dismissed his case on Aug. 5.
DailyMail.com has reached out to a representative for El Moussa for comment but did not immediately hear back.
The altercation occurred in June at The Palazzo at the Venetian hotel between Tarek and another male, whose identity has yet to be revealed, as confirmed by a spokesperson for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department.
Witnesses claimed that Tarek drove his knee into the man’s head, knocking him out.
Tarek El Moussa is no longer in legal jeopardy following his Las Vegas scuffle – his case has now been dismissed; pictured January 2025
The charges stemmed from an altercation Tarek got into earlier this summer at The Palazzo at Venetian Resort in Las Vegas (hotel pictured 2020)
A source told DailyMail.com at the time that Tarek was defending his elderly father when the squabble occurred.
The HGTV personality was cited for battery for the incident but was not arrested over it.
Tarek’s wife, Selling Sunset star Heather Rae El Moussa, was present at the time, but had no involvement in the physical violence.
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TMZ obtained a Las Vegas Metropolitan PD report that alleged the violent bust-up was captured on casino surveillance video.
According to the report, the fight kicked off after Tarek’s alleged victim allegedly bumped into the HGTV star’s father’s chair at a roulette table inside The Palazzo.
The bump-in reportedly upset Tarek’s father, who allegedly turned around in his seat to face the man.
After Tarek’s father turned his back, the man allegedly tapped him on the right shoulder and said something to him that reportedly caused Tarek, who was seated near his father, to get involved.
Tarek allegedly got up from his seat and ‘charged at the man, pushing him back before the two got into a ‘fighting stance.”
As per the police report, Tarek’s adversary allegedly went for the star’s legs in an attempt to take him down.
But Tarek allegedly proceeded to knee the man to the floor. The police then claimed that Tarek ‘mounted the man’s back and pummeled him with three blows to the head.’
Tarek and his wife Heather Rae El Moussa shared video of their Las Vegas adventures at the time, which included a group snap which pictured the HGTV star’s father
A source told DailyMail.com at the time that Tarek was defending his elderly father when the squabble occurred (Las Vegas sign pictured April 2017)
After the ‘three blows to the head,’ Tarek allegedly ‘got up and walked away.’
The incident was called in as an ‘assault/battery’ and the alleged victim told police that he wanted to press charges.
The report claimed that the man suffered several injuries as a result of the casino altercation, including ‘purple and red bruises under the right eye and a cut on the bridge of his nose.’
The police said that the alleged victim’s account of the fight with Tarek differed slightly from what they had viewed on the hotel’s surveillance footage.
Tarek’s wife Heather Rae El Moussa was present at the time, but had no involvement in the physical violence; pictured December 2024
According to cops, the man claimed he was ‘aggressively approached’ by Tarek at the roulette table before allegedly being ‘assaulted’ by him. The man insisted he was trying to defend himself.
Tarek was also interviewed by police. He insisted that he only confronted the man to ‘protect his Dad due to him having back problem.’
However, Tarek stopped speaking with cops after his Miranda rights were read, according to TMZ.
In a statement to the outlet at the time, Tarek’s attorneys David Chesnoff and Richard Schonfeld said: ‘Tarek intends to contest these allegations in a court of law where he will assert his right to self-defense and the defense of his elderly and infirmed father.’