New video footage shows the moment a white neighbor unleashes his garden hose on guests at a Queens dinner party as mostly black revelers scatter for cover in what they claim is a deliberate attempt to make them feel like “less than” animals.
The footage — released Wednesday night by attorneys for the partygoers — opens with shocked attendees wiping their faces from the initial water spray and laughing as they enjoy a surprise party for Rosevony Duroseau at her home in Forest Hills on Sept. 17, 2022.
Neighbor Marcus Rosebrock allegedly began his aquatic assault by lightly dousing the group with his garden hose after complaining about noise from their backyard.
“That’s crazy! He’s trying to fight back,” one guest was heard saying while another pointed to Rosebrock’s yard and said: “He’s the one I expect you to have trouble with.”
That’s when a powerful stream of water surged over the property line and aggressively swept repeatedly from one end of Duroseau’s yard to the other.
The guests — who were almost entirely black and Latino — began screaming and running, with some rushing toward the house.
“I was recording a video of the neighbors throwing water at everyone at Rose’s party. I was filming a neighbor throwing water at us,” the cameraman was heard shouting.
Partygoers screamed and ran for cover as streams of water sprayed over property lines.
The group seemed to be enjoying the reggae classic “No, No, No” by Dawn Penn at moderate volume. The spray stops as soon as the music stops.
Several party-goers — including one standing in the backyard playhouse — tried to communicate with neighbors across the property line, which is lined with fences and bushes — but were instead met with another, less powerful sprinkler.
“We’re calling the police,” the cameraman says before the clip ends.
19 revelers filed a lawsuit against Rosebrock this month alleging that he used water as a calculated device “reminiscent” of 1960s Birmingham, Ala. when white police would use fire hoses to break up black civil rights activists, court papers allege.
Through his lawyer, Marcus Rosebrock denied the accusation that he acted on the basis of racism. Kevin C Downs
“We experienced a very specific, very despicable type of attack that harks back to a dark period in this country’s history,” plaintiff Katya Dossous said Tuesday, calling the incident a “racial disturbance.”
“The attacks I believe are planned, deliberate and thought out with the intent to make us feel ‘less than,’ like animals.”
A photo obtained by The Post shows Dossous, of Brooklyn, shocked by his soaked clothes moments after the alleged incident took place.
The group claims Rosebrock’s attack happened shortly after an unidentified white woman and her German Shepherd came to Duroseau’s home asking them to turn down the music at 9:50 p.m.
Katya Dossous claims Rosebrock tried to make guests feel like “less than” animals.Natalie Dennery Dossous looks wet in a photo taken after the spraying.Natalie Dennery
The lavish celebration was attended by top music executive Rigo Morales, a former Fordham Law classmate of Duroseau and the evening’s nine-course meal was catered by Vanessa Cantave — winner of season 11 of Bravo’s “Rocco’s Dinner Party.”
Rosebrock’s lawyer, Brandon Gillard, repeated Wednesday his earlier statement denying “any characterization that [Rosebrock] racial in nature or his actions are racially motivated.”
The Forest Hills man denied, through Gillard, all the allegations, adding that Duroseau’s attendees were allegedly “aggressive and violent.”
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