The footballer caught up in an Ibiza hotel brawl has spoken out after a video of him allegedly knocking a woman out with a chair goes viral.
In shocking footage captured at Ibiza's Marco Polo Hotel in San Antonio, two groups of men were seen arguing at the side of the pool, with a female holidaymaker attempting to diffuse the situation between the men.
As the row turns physical, one man hurls a chair at the other group but accidentally hits the woman on the head, causing her to collapse to the ground.
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The man has since been identified as Oldham Athletic striker Kian Harratt, with the 23-year-old footballer since coming forward to share his version of events with the public.
Taking to his TikTok account, Harratt shared a clip of what appears to be taken in the moments before the fight before the fight exploded.
In the post's caption, Harratt claimed that he'd stepped in to defend a friend of his, who'd apparently been attacked after confronting another man for making people feel 'uncomfortable' at the pool.
Explaining his version of events, he explained that he hadn't intentionally hit the woman with a chair, saying it was an accident.
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"I picked the chair up and threw it back and it accidentally hit the woman who as you can see went down a bit easy but besides that I was very apologetic and I felt terrible," he wrote.
The footballer then gave some wider context into what happened in the moments leading up to the brawl, writing: "Here’s the fella who started it all and let me just say he was the worst man you could ever come across and a bully! He was 6,6 and built like a brick!
"Anyways he was swimming over to young couples while there at chilling and trying to make the lad feel uncomfortable flirting with there girls and all sorts off daft stuff like that!"
Harratt went on to explain that a member of his group, who was just 18-years-old, intervened by jumping in the pool and splashing the man.
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"After that my mate got out off the pool and the big fella shouted over to him 'wtf are you looking at' so obviously my mates said to him 'I’m looking at you the fella'," he continued.
The man then allegedly punched Harratt's friend in the face before kicking him after he fell down, which is the point where the footballer and his friends intervened.
"I’d have felt even worse if we left my mate to get badly beaten up while he’s trying to enjoy his holiday," he said before concluding the post.
"I hope this video opens peoples eyes I had to post it cause I’ve had nothing but abuse all morning and I’m sure this will clear it or so it should."
Meanwhile, a man who claimed to be a part of the other group shared his version of events in a post on Facebook, claiming that Harratt's group were 'being n*bs around the pool' and splashing other hotel guests.
Meanwhile, the hotel has since released a statement about the incident, telling the Oldham Times: "The fight in the pool lasted less than three minutes since our corporate security at the hotel acted immediately.
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"No chairs were thrown at any guests; the lady got in the middle, it seems that with the intention to stop the fight.
"The lady was asked by our security members if she wanted to report to the police and file a complaint, but she said she was okay and she did not want to, that she just slipped and she was fine, and she thanked our security members.
"It took less than three minutes for the incident to end since our security acted quickly, and as soon as they acted, the fighters left the pool area.
"It really is a shame for us and for our teams to have to deal with this kind of issue, especially when people are supposed to come on holiday to enjoy and have fun, and not to act in other ways."
Brenna Cooper