Sir Rod Stewart, Son Pleads Guilty To Battery; Won’t Face Any Punishment

Following a New Year's Eve confrontation with a security officer at an expensive Florida hotel, rock singer Sir Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to violence in an assault case.

Court papers filed on Friday said the musician and his son Sean Stewart pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of simple battery.

"No one was injured in the incident and a jury did not find Sir Rod Stewart guilty of the accusation," Guy Fronstin, attorney for the 76-year-old icon, said in a statement, according to the AP.

Stewart decided to enter a guilty plea "to avoid the inconvenience and unnecessary burden on the court and the public that a high-profile proceeding would cause," Fronstin added.

Stewart, 76, and his son, 41, will not have to appear in court as a result of the plea agreement, which was dated and signed on Monday, Dec. 13. Formal adjudication of the case will be withheld.

There isn't going to be a trial. Neither will face any jail time or fines, and neither will be placed on probation.

According to the BBC, the Stewarts allegedly got into a physical argument with security guard Jessie Dixon at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach on Dec. 31, 2019.

Dixon refused to let them into a private New Year's Eve party at the hotel, which sparked a fight.

Sean allegedly got "nose-to-nose" with the worker after being informed "he needed to back up," the victim said per Page Six. Then, according to the report, Rod hit the worker in the left rib cage area with a closed fist.

Cops then interrogated Rod and said that the singer had attempted to have the children in their group gain entrance. On the other hand, Rod believes the worker got into a confrontation with his family, causing them to become anxious." Rod "apologized for his behavior in the encounter," according to the police report.

The Stewart standoff was caught on camera at the Breakers. According to the report, Sean and Rod seemed to be "the principal aggressors." The video shows evidence that Roderick Stewart did purposefully strike the victim against the will.

It was an unfortunate, fast, fleeting mistake and the Stewarts apologized, a source said of the issue. The insider added that no one was held, and no one was hurt.