Luka Safronov to see a doctor after conflict with taxi driver
Photo: Veronika OVSYANNIKOVA. Go to Photobank KP
Luka Safronov came to St. Petersburg to give a concert on the evening of September 20 at the Peter and Paul Fortress, where an exhibition of his father Nikas Safronov is being held. But now the concert is in jeopardy.
On the evening of September 20, Luka, at the invitation of his friend, went to a hookah bar. Towards morning, he ordered a car from one of the premium car services to take him back to the hotel. A Maybach came for him.
However, after landing a conflict arose between the driver and Luka.
The Maybach driver claimed that Luka was waiting for him at a place where stopping is prohibited. Luke told the man that he was “the first of a hundred drivers” who were not allowed to stop there. And in general, there is a path to the yard, which the driver probably did not notice. “Now we will check if there is a way to get into the yard. If it is not there, you will get out of the car and ask for it again,” the driver told him.
Instead of going to the hotel, he returned to the passenger pick-up area. And although Luka pointed out that it was not a case where it was necessary to go out of principle and prove something, the driver resisted and went to check whether the door was open or not. The door was open, as was the entrance to the courtyard.
And even though it was confirmed that the driver had made a mistake, he insisted that the pianist get out of the car. As a result, he grabbed Luka by the hand and dragged him out of the car.
– You are a scoundrel and a boor. “You are not a man, you are a pitiful semblance of a man,” shouted Luka Safronov after Maybach had driven away.
Later on the social network, Luka said that he got into trouble on Poltavskaya Street, that the driver of the Maybach forcibly assaulted him and pushed him out of the car.
Later, Luka finally arrived at the hotel. Now he is going to see a doctor to find out what is wrong with his arm.
– A terrible event happened this morning. “I don’t know what to do,” Luka Safronov told us. – I was supposed to play at the Peter and Paul Fortress at the exhibition of Nikas Safronov, my father. My father asked me for support. And I came to St. Petersburg and promised to give a concert that would be attended by disabled people and pensioners. I was going to play music by Rachmaninov and Chopin.
Now I don’t understand how to do this. My arm hurts. The concert is in doubt. For me this is a disaster. I don’t know how to respond to rudeness? How is it possible to use force in St. Petersburg, the cultural capital? Here is a different worldview… On a beautiful sunny dawn, I wanted to drive around St. Petersburg in a luxury car with a glass roof, enjoy it and cheer others up at the evening concert. But instead of joy I got aggression. The Maybach driver is now talking about a conflict that never happened. I just made a logical remark to him, asking why he didn’t come closer, didn’t go into the yard to pick up the passenger. That’s me. And for some reason he decided that I was in conflict. He began to prove something to me. I don’t understand why it was necessary to behave this way. Instead of agreeing with me, he used force against me. He grabbed my hand with both hands and squeezed it tightly, trying to pull me out of the car. He had no right to touch me under any circumstances. Moreover, he had no right to cause physical pain…
Out of pity, I told him what I thought of him. When you get hit, you should at least tell the person who is doing it who he really is. I am worried about my concert, I am very nervous about this, my hand hurts a lot, it is swollen. I don’t know what to do…
I’m going to the hospital now.
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