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Rick Springfield plays state fair after winning butt lawsuit

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Rick Springfield was a big hit at the opening day of the 2015 New York State Fair. So was his tush. The singer best known for his 1981 No. 1 hit “Jessie’s Girl” returned to the suburban Syracuse fairgrounds for the first time since he was sued after falling off the…

Kahlil Cortez

This photo provided by courtesy of Sony Pictures shows, Meryl Streep, left, as Ricki, and Rick Springfield, as Greg, in TriStar Pictures' "Ricki and the Flash." The movie opens in U.S. theaters on Aug. 7, 2015. (Bob Vergara/Sony Pictures via AP)
This photo provided by courtesy of Sony Pictures shows, Meryl Streep, left, as Ricki, and Rick Springfield, as Greg, in TriStar Pictures’ “Ricki and the Flash.” The movie opens in U.S. theaters on Aug. 7, 2015. (Bob Vergara/Sony Pictures via AP)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Rick Springfield was a big hit at the opening day of the 2015 New York State Fair. So was his tush.

The singer best known for his 1981 No. 1 hit “Jessie’s Girl” returned to the suburban Syracuse fairgrounds for the first time since he was sued after falling off the stage during a 2004 concert there. A New York woman said she suffered serious head injuries when Springfield’s buttocks hit her.

In January, he won a seven-year legal battle when a state Supreme Court judge said the performer didn’t injure the woman.

The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports (http://bit.ly/1KerfRn ) that during Thursday night’s performance, the 66-year-old thanked fans for supporting him during the trial.

One fan held up a sign that read, “Rick your butt can fall on me anytime.”

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Information from: The Post-Standard, http://www.syracuse.com

 

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