Brit branded ‘6ft 6in bully built like a brick' by Kian Harratt hits back at EFL star over Ibiza chair-hurling brawl
A "6'6 bully" Brit accused of sparking the Ibiza pool fight where Kian Harratt lobbed a chair into a woman has hit back and claimed the player was the key troublemaker.
Shocking footage showed the 23-year-old Oldham Athletic
striker
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Kian Harratt was filmed chucking a chair at a woman in Ibiza
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Brandon Watkins, 31, was branded a "6'6 bully" by Kian - but has hit back at the striker
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Brandon said he was 6'4, not 6'6 as Kian claimed
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The four-legged missile clobbered the lady on the back of the head
It decked a middle-aged woman who was trying to break up the ruckus.
The striker
Kian said: "He was the worst man you could ever come across and a bully! He was 6'6 and built like a brick!"
Now, that man - Brandon Watkins, 31 - has hit back at Kian, blasting: "I'm 6ft 4 for a start and I'm not a bully."
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Brandon told
He claimed all had been peaceful during the five days of their stay before Kian and his gang rocked up.
The new arrivals were lobbing balls around causing trouble from the moment they arrived, Brandon claimed.
He continued: "'They were just being a nightmare. One lad was winding us up. Kian was sat right
next
to him and if anything Kian was provoking him.
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"Next thing I knew Kian picked up a chair and threw it."
Brandon went on to claim that Kian appeared drunk, and that other guests congratulated his group for seeing off the disruptive bunch.
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He said: "It's just outrageous for a footballer to behave like he did."
Two videos captured the brawl, including one which appears to show the
- wearing black shorts and with his distinctive goatee - launching the chair.
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Another Brit holidaymaker, Kyle Crawford, witnessed the bust-up and told The Sun the striker and three of his pals were "being horrible".
Kyle didn't recognise 23-year-old
EFL
star Harratt at the time of the altercation - but confirmed his identity after watching the footage back
.
A second source who was caught up in the fight told The Sun: "It was Kian Harratt. He was bothering these girls."
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Oldham Athletic striker Kian Harratt was filmed throwing the chair
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Kian allegedly also knocked another man into the pool, who told The Sun about the ordeal
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Kian Harratt is understood to have been on holiday with a group of friends
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Kyle Crawford, pictured before he received a chair to the head by one of Harratt's friends
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Kyle said Harratt and his friends were "throwing little rugby balls" at the female tourists inside the
pool
, one of which being the woman who was struck by a chair later on.
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"They were just in the pool splashing them and throwing balls at them - being proper immature," he explained.
Kyle claimed he and his mate stepped in to stand up for the women.
"Me and my mates stuck up for them, and then in the end, they'd come to attack my mate," he said.
He alleged that there was an altercation, and his mate was punched first during the ruckus.
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He said his pal hit back, and the whole confrontation "calmed down" for a bit.
But shortly after, the player and his pals started hurling chairs towards Kyle and his mates, with one of the women who was initially being disturbed getting caught in the crossfire.
"They start throwing chairs - they threw a chair at a woman," he said.
And a second clip, moments after the initial throw, shows another man
hurling
a second chair, which knocked the other men into the pool.
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The man knocked into the pool by Kian said he was 'horrible' to a group of women
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Kian appeared to share the clip on his Instagram - second right from bottom
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Kian Harratt said he feels 'terrible' about the incident
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The Brit tourist explained: "We just stuck up for her, the lads were just being idiots, immature.
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"This video doesn't do us justice for actually being gentlemen and looking after these women."
He detailed that after the altercation, the men "all got kicked out", while Kyle says he and his mates were praised by staff for standing up to them.
"All the staff around the pool said thanks and what gentlemen we were," he said.
"The women thought they were idiots, immature and stupid."
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