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‘Ellen’ dance dare fan roughed up by NYPD scores settlement with city

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A goofy fan of Ellen DeGeneres, who charged NYPD cops beat him after he attempted the host’s dance dare, has settled his lawsuit against the city for $33,500.

Alexander Bok recorded himself dancing near six police officers outside Grand Central Station on Christmas Eve 2014.

The cops didn’t take too kindly to his Gangnam Style moves and slammed him against their van, video shows.

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Alexandre Bok's dance stunt by NYPD cops went viral — but not for the reasons he intended.
Alexandre Bok’s dance stunt by NYPD cops went viral — but not for the reasons he intended.

Documents filed in Manhattan Federal Court indicate the Bok and the city reached a settlement last week.

The deal was first reported byTMZ.

In an interview last year with the Daily News, Bok said the encounter left him traumatized.

“In my mind I was just doing the ‘Ellen dance’,” said Bok of Washington Heights. “I never expected to go that way.”

The cops, working four days after a police-hating lunatic killed Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos in Brooklyn, weren’t putting up with the stunt.

“What the f–k is wrong with you?” “What are you dancing in the street for? “Are you a f—–g a–hole?” the cops said to Bok, according to documents.

Bok, sporting white pants and a gray sweater, tried to explain he was recording video for a recurring dance segment on the “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”

Dance dares are a recurring segment on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show.'
Dance dares are a recurring segment on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show.’

“The officers were not interested in listening, and treated plaintiff like dirt,” documents charge.

Bok, whose real name is Alexandre Nzebele, had sought $5 million for the cops’ suppression of his freedom of expression.

“The settlement was best for the city,” a Law Department spokesman said.

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