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Fight Clubs and a Celeb Attack: Spring Breakers Bring Mayhem to the Beach<!-- wp:html --><p>Victor Ruiz Garcia/Reuters</p> <p>When college students take off for sun-drenched locales to party on <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/brittanee-drexel-vanished-on-spring-break-in-2009-now-cops-say-they-found-her-body-and-her-killer">spring break</a>, a little chaos is to be expected. But some of this year’s spring breakers have partied a little too hard—turning the fun in the sun into absolute mayhem.</p> <p>From Miami to Cabo San Lucas, the weeklong festivities have been marred by fight clubs, shootings, a celebrity assault, and even the tragic deaths of a few revelers.</p> <p>The highest-profile victim of this year’s spring break pandemonium was <a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article273256140.html#storylink=sectionheadlines">Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen</a>, who was allegedly attacked by 19-year-old Max Hartley at the Four Seasons Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to <em>The Miami Herald</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/fight-clubs-and-a-celeb-attack-spring-breakers-bring-mayhem-to-the-beach">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p> <p>Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tips">here</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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When college students take off for sun-drenched locales to party on spring break, a little chaos is to be expected. But some of this year’s spring breakers have partied a little too hard—turning the fun in the sun into absolute mayhem.

From Miami to Cabo San Lucas, the weeklong festivities have been marred by fight clubs, shootings, a celebrity assault, and even the tragic deaths of a few revelers.

The highest-profile victim of this year’s spring break pandemonium was Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen, who was allegedly attacked by 19-year-old Max Hartley at the Four Seasons Hotel in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, according to The Miami Herald.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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