A Nottingham nightclub bouncer has been suspended over a viral video which appeared to show a clubber falling to the ground after being reportedly punched in the face.
The footage, which was uploaded to TikTok on Thursday (October 30), captured the bodyguard outside the Unit 13 club, in Burton Street, approaching a member of the public before allegedly assaulting him.
The male clubber, who was dressed in a Halloween costume of orange prison overalls, is seen falling onto the road following the alleged assault. Nottinghamshire Police said the man suffered a head injury in the incident.
Footage of the incident, which occurred during a Halloween-themed night at the club on Wednesday (October 29), has been viewed more than one million times since being uploaded.
Police said the incident has been reported to them and that investigations are ongoing.
Unit 13 says the bouncer in the footage has been “suspended with immediate affect” following the alleged attack.
A spokesperson told Nottinghamshire Live: “We are aware of an incident involving a member of our security team and a member of the public outside the Unit 13 premises on 29 October 2025.
“We take all incidents of this nature extremely seriously. The member of security that was involved has been suspended with immediate effect and an ongoing investigation is now underway”.
Nottinghamshire Police are now appealing for witnesses to the incident to come forward.
PC Lindsey Webster said: “The victim suffered an injury to his head that could’ve quite easily been far more serious. He was reportedly assaulted by a member of door staff outside a nightclub in the city centre, which we know will have been witnessed by multiple people.
“If you were in the vicinity of this incident and witnessed it first hand, we’d ask you to please get in touch with our officers, so that we can establish the full facts about what happened”.
The force also urged people not to share videos of the incident, adding: “We’re aware of videos circulating online reporting to be of this incident, which we’d ask people to please take down and not share on social media.
“Doing this could seriously prejudice what is an ongoing investigation, so we’d ask anyone with footage of this incident to please share it with the police directly.
Source – Nottingham Post
