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The man caught on video sucker-punching Andy Dick in New Orleans claimed he had a “reason” — the comedian grabbed his crotch and winked at him first, according to a new report.

David Hale, 46, allegedly made the claim when cops showed up at his home in the Big Easy on Tuesday, after he knocked Dick unconscious and sent him to the hospital over the weekend with bleeding in his brain, the Times-Picayune reports.

“Yes, I did that, but I had a reason,” the paper says Hale told cops, citing court documents filed Wednesday.

Hale later told cops he approached Dick, 53, after a show at the One Eyed Jacks nightclub in the French Quarter to say he enjoyed the performance — and the comedian the allegedly leaned in then “grabbed his genitals,” according to the paper.

Hale claimed he then lost control when Dick winked at him, and he cold-cocked the comedian, who has said he was knocked unconscious for 15 minutes before being admitted to an intensive care unit.

Hale is now facing charges of second-degree battery and simple battery in the attack.

A rep for Dick has denied Hale’s claims, but the New Orleans Police Department told The Post it is “investigating all allegations related to the altercation.”

Surveillance video of the assault shows a man punching Dick on the right side of his face as people gathered outside the club. Dick was about to hop into a car just before he was hit, according to his New Orleans promoter.

Musician Paris Dylan, who performed with Dick prior to the attack, said Hale was in the club’s green room prior to the show as a guest of the opening act and mentioned that Dick had previously “tried to date his sister,” according to Dylan’s account.

Hale then stood near Dick for a photo, Dylan said.

“There was no hanky-panky,” Dylan told the Times-Picayune. “There was no grabbing going on or anything.”

Hale’s claim is the latest in a series of allegations of unwanted sexual advances or physical contact against Dick, who avoided jail time earlier this year by cutting a plea deal over accusations he of groped a woman’s buttocks and made lewd comments to her on a Los Angeles sidewalk in 2018.

Dick ultimately pleaded no contest to lewd conduct and battery in the case and was ordered to complete 15 days of community service and 36 months of probation, The Blast reported.