Auto heir John Dodge allegedly punched by woman at exclusive Palm Beach resort – after kid hands her racy playing card
A woman allegedly attacked auto heir John F. Dodge III at the exclusive Breakers club in Palm Beach, Fla. — over a racy playing card.
According to a Palm Beach police report filed in September, Lisa Aldridge, 62, was upset when several kids began playing soccer too close to her in the pool area and she told them not to kick the ball in her direction.
She later told cops that, for some reason, one of the kids — an 8-year-old pal of Dodge’s son — came back a few minutes later and gave her a naughty playing card.
A source told us it was a Playboy card from the 1980s with a bikini-clad woman.
Dodge, 42 — a descendent of Dodge co-founders Horace and John Dodge — later told cops that “he saw Aldridge yelling at the kids and went over to see what was going on.”
A witness said that they saw, “Dodge walk up to Aldridge and suddenly snatch the picture out of her hand and put it in his pocket.”
They added that “Aldridge then [tried] to get the picture back and, in the struggle, hit Dodge a couple of times.”
Dodge claimed that Aldridge “hit him in the face, kicked him in the leg and then put him in a headlock and punched him several times,” before security separated them.
Meanwhile, Aldridge told cops that she “took offense to the picture” and, “while talking to whom she believed to be the juvenile’s parents, [Dodge] walked up to her and suddenly snatched the card out of her hand,” per the report.
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She claims “she asked Dodge for the picture several times with negative results, at which time security separated both parties.” Neither are pressing charges.
A source told us that the club has suspended Dodge.
Some club members said the decision isn’t fair. “His friends and peers saw what happened and he was doing the right thing sticking up for his kid’s guest,” the source said. “She went nuts. Off the Richter scale nuts. Is this what Palm Beach is becoming?”
Dodge, Aldridge and the Breakers did not return our requests for comment.
Page Six was unable to verify the status of Aldridge’s membership.
The Breakers, whose membership is reportedly around $500K, has played host to Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Astors, William Randolph Hearst, Cary Grant, Elizabeth Taylor and Elton John, to name a few.
“Modern Family” actress Sofia Vergara and “Magic Mike” star Joe Manganiello were married there in 2015.
Dodge, Aldridge and the Breakers did not return request for comment.
