South Bar Employee Comes Forward About Assault

A employee has come forward, Birmingham police said Friday, claiming he was assaulted during an early morning fight Monday that ended with

The employee — a barback, or bartender's assistant, from Warren — told Birmingham police that he was in a large hallway between South's bar and club area around closing time, or 2 a.m., where a large crowd had gathered. One individual in this crowd had become upset with management, the employee reported.

The employee was then pushed into this individual, who pushed him back, shouting "Do you know who I am?", according to the police report. The man attempted to the punch the employee and he tried to escape into the kitchen. The fight spilled over from there, where the employee claims he was knocked to the floor and punched.

South Bar bouncers intervened and were stabbed with a fork and pocket knife. Tre Lenard Wright, 19, of Detroit, and Earl Jerome Wright, 28, of Lathrup Village, were later arrested for the stabbings and charged with felonious assault in 48th District Court. Both pleaded not guilty.

Earl Wright was released on $20,000 bond while Tre Wright was released on $5,000 bond. Police continue to investigate the assault.

Meanwhile, speculation began early last week at My Fox Detroit that the Wrights are cousins to Edwards, a wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers and a Detroit native. Edwards, who is on probation for drunken driving in New York, was at the bar that evening, South Bar managment said in a statement released Thursday, even though Birmingham Police Cmdr. Terry Kiernan said police didn't see or speak to Edwards that evening.

“Braylon Edwards was present and involved, but it’s an ongoing police investigation so at this time we don’t have any further information," the statement from South Bar reads.

In addition, messages sent from Edwards' Twitter account that evening read, "Damn. Get ya knuckles ready" and "Don't fight if. You don't know how." Edwards later said his Twitter account had been hacked.