Overview
- Meloni said he chased two women who ran out on a bill outside a Bleecker Street dive bar and climbed onto the passenger door of their car.
- He recalled being punched, hearing a backseat passenger urge the driver to slam him into parked cars, and fearing he might be run over during what he called a three‑second episode.
- The story comes from Meloni’s June 22 appearance on the Thanks Dad With Ego Nwodim podcast and has been widely reprinted by entertainment outlets.
- Meloni used the anecdote to note he once earned about $40 a night as a bouncer versus roughly $5,500 for his first commercial, underscoring the shift in his earnings after acting took off.
- No independent verification, contemporaneous police reports, or legal action have been reported and coverage frames the tale as a personal, human‑interest recollection linked to his Law & Order career and the end of Organized Crime in 2025.