SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) -- More than a year after the New Year's Eve brawl between a group of young San Franciscans and members of an a cappella singing group from Yale University, the case against a pair of local men finally went to court Monday.
Brian Dwyer and Richard Aicardi, both 20, faced a preliminary hearing in which one of the victims testified about what happened.
Dwyer and Aicardi were allegedly part of a group of Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory high school graduates who fought with the Yale singing group the Bakers Dozen outside a house party in the Richmond District.
The fight reportedly started with words and shoves, then escalated into a full brawl. Yale student Sharyar Aziz Jr. ended up with a broken jaw.
”This is an environment where it’s very difficult to ascertain what happened. It’s a situation that involves a lot of young men who are fighting. It involved young men who were drinking alcohol,” said Dwyer’s attorney Tony Brass.
The incident made national headlines when Aziz’s parents accused San Francisco police of ignoring the assault and noted that the fight broke out after the Yale singers sang “The Star Spangled Banner.” Conservative talk show hosts immediately pounced on the story and painted the local boys as anti-American.
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