Like we said, unfortunately there was some slapping going on and this is what Teddy P. said happened when he had a public disagreement with Harold Melvin (pictured above, far right) and ended up getting disrespected and slapped in front of everybody:
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‘Harold fancied himself something of a jet-setter and he took great pleasure in hosting parties at his hotel suites and playing the big shot. One night Harold was entertaining some people I’d never met before. They were white folks and by the way Harold acted around them you could tell they were important, at least to him.

We were hanging out, drinking and snorting a little cocaine. Everything seemed fine. Exactly what happened, I’ll never know but the upshot is that one of the guys told Harold that I had behaved disrespectfully toward him. Either I didn’t answer this guy when he spoke to me or I said something he took the wrong way.

Whatever it was, Harold, who had a temper, got furious. Out of the blue he slapped me. “Say what?” It took me a few seconds to figure out what…

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