Mr. Segal has been rough on stunt people, and injured a friend of Gene.
Holding court on the set of Under Seige, Mr. Segal claimed to be able to use his "ki power" and prevent being choked out. Gene said "I'll take that bet".
Gene put the choke on, and Segal tapped out at once and said "I wasn't ready". Gene said "Let me know when you are ready?"
Segal said he was, and when Gene began to put the choke on, he attacked Gene in an attempt to counter, before the choke was on, and grabed for his groin.
Gene kept the hold but sprawled, then compressed him. Mr. Segal passed out, and made a mess in his pants. This part of the story was verified by Bob Wall who has the evidence from the set that Mr. Segal needed cleaning and new clothes.
When Segal came around, he had Gene thrown off the set, blacklisted him as a stunt man, and made a law suit against him.
However, the Inquirer caught wind of this and ran a small story about the event. It was clear the story would get a lot more coverage if it went to court.
So the settlement was, Gene can work, and no law suit, BUT, he can not speak of the event.
Mr. Wall, who created the dirty dozen, and has many more Segal stories, is not bound by such events. I spoke to Gene before the Gag order, and have spoken at great length to Mr. Wall.
This is the story as both men related it to me.
Mark Tripp has the story as close as I've ever seen it described by someone who wasn't an actual witness to the event. "Hi ya Mark" (For you guys who don't know Mark Tripp, he's one old cranky and tough Judoka!) Anyway...I heard the story right after it happened from an old high school buddy of mine from New Jersey named "Snap" Peterson. He's a Hollywood set bulider that worked on the movie in question and saw the event unfold with his own eyes.
He stated to me that Seagal was bragging to a bunch of stunt guys about being able to escape any hold or lock. He evidently didn't even recognized who Gene Labell was! That's what Snap thought was so funny. Gene's a freakin legend in martial arts and Hollywood stunt circles and Seagal evidently doesn't even recognize him. He said it was like watching a duck jump into the mouth of a tiger. From there the story is identical. Two trys and then Stevie went to sleep and messed his panties. He said Gene's comment afterward was something like "A man's got to know his limitations" or some variation of that. LOL...
BTW...the story about him beating his wife Kelly LeBrock is not considered myth in Hollywood. Everyone there knows the the makeup artist's. (For that alone the man sholud be dumped in the east river.) And Seagal definitely did not meet Ueshiba in Japan as he has publicly claimed. Ueshiba was dead before Stevie even applied for his damn passport.
Think about it. He could have done so much for Aikido's reputation with proper behavior. But instead he's a just another martial arts movie actor egomaniac.
Jackie Chan, Now there's a movie actor/martial artist that demonstrates a demeanor and public face with humility. He's not out there claiming to be a bad !!!, All Asia" kickboxing champion or any other such nonsense. The Jean Claude Van Damme's and Stevie Seagal's should take a lesson from Mr Jackie Chan on how to behave themselves.
:roll: :roll: 
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