Toronto’s most famous booster, rap superstar Drake, is being drawn into another controversy involving violence and Muzik nightclub at city-owned Exhibition Place.

A veteran autograph seeker, Pedro Sacadura, is suing the hitmaker from Forest Hill, whose name is Aubrey Graham, along with Muzik and apparent members of Drake’s entourage identified in the lawsuit only as “John Doe”s.

Sacadura alleges the men beat him up outside Drake’s official 2014 OVO Fest after-party, cutting his chin and fracturing a leg, and he has video of some of the altercation.

“I felt completely and utterly helpless, like a little boy,” said Sacadura, 38, in an interview, describing the punches he suffered Aug. 4, 2014.

The unproven allegation against Drake’s security detail follows the fatal shooting, exactly one year later, of Duvel Hibbert, 23, and Ariela Navarro-Fenoy, 26, after this year’s OVO Fest after-party at Muzik. The nightclub has a 20-year lease, ending in 2024, on the prime city waterfront location.

Some Exhibition Place board members want the event — which follows Drake’s annual music festival at nearby Molson Amphitheatre — banned from the grounds.

Sacadura is seeking $100,000 in personal injury damages. The lawsuit names Muzik Club, Hypnotic Clubs Ltd., Drake, and five unnamed Drake associates. The allegations have not been proven in court and no statement of defence has been filed.

Sacadura’s lawyer, Gary Hodder, said his firm has been unable to serve Drake so they will go to court to get an order for substituted service “that will permit us to serve him by mailing a copy to him.”

The Star was unable to reach Drake or his representatives for comment. Exhibition Place general manager Dianne Young did not respond to questions from the Star. Muzik did not respond to the Star’s request for comment. The club has previously denied claims that it lacked adequate security.

According to the statement of claim filed in Ontario Superior Court, Sacadura was behind a metal barricade outside Muzik’s VIP entrance when a member of Drake’s security team made derogatory remarks to his friend “and was being rude to the fans in general.”

Sacadura “loudly voiced dissatisfaction” to the man who “picked up one of the metal separation barriers and forcefully swung it towards Pedro, hitting the legs of both him and his friend and nearly knocking them over,” the court document says. This portion of the alleged assault is not shown on the video.

When Drake emerged from an SUV, Sacadura “moved towards the metal separation barrier and called out to Drake, requesting that he autograph Pedro’s album,” the lawsuit states.

“Without warning, the (man) forcefully backhanded Pedro’s arm,” it says, adding a frustrated Sacadura threw a cardboard record album sleeve at him, striking him in the back.

The video shows a man in a white T-shirt holding Sacadura by the shirt across a barricade. Another man, wearing a ballcap, jumps the barricade and delivers two hard punches to the midsection of Sacadura, who is yelling “You assaulted me first.” Sacadura does not appear to fight back.

A man in a black jacket then grabs Sacadura and throws him to the ground as a woman yells “Stop it!”, the video shows. Sadaura’s assailants then jump back over the barricade and walk toward the club.

When Sacadura tries to complain to security officers who appear to be working for Muzik, one says “Get out of here, man!” and “Buddy, you assaulted him first,” the video shows. A guard pushes his shoulder, saying “Bro, this is not going to be for you. Leave! Leave!”

The lawsuit says the men quickly walked with Drake into the nightclub.

Sacadura says he has a “zero” history of violence, “and in the autograph world I can assure you to have your hand pushed back, that’s typical, but never have I reacted aggressively.”

Sacadura called 911 and was taken by ambulance to Mount Sinai Hospital. Alerted by paramedics, two Toronto police officers told him he could be charged with assault with a weapon for flinging the record sleeve.

He says he is speaking about the incident because of violence at Muzik at this year’s OVO Fest after-party.

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He returned to Muzik this year but abandoned a plan to use a megaphone to complain about the “thuggish behaviour,” he says.

He and a friend were just about to leave the area when the shooting erupted.

“We hit the ground and then ran towards Dufferin, (St.)” he says.

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