The Night Arsenio Hall Took A Beating From Bobby Brown

Bobby Brown once gave Arsenio Hall a brutal beating — according to a rapper who says the brawl was part of a wild party at Eddie Murphy's mansion!

Prince Bobby Dee — seen here (center) with his bandmates in The Fat Boys — spoke out about the "crazy" party in an interview with the Viceland network. Dee said that he ended up in Murphy's mansion "in the early '90s era," hanging with celebs who were "f*cked up, drunk, having a good time" before violence broke out!

Dee recounted that he had innocently pointed out Arsenio to his friend Bobby: 'Bobby Brown goes, 'Where?' — and then his face changes...He walks over there, and he gets there, and Arsenio says, 'Bobby, stop,' when, all of a sudden, Bobby punches Arsenio in the chest!"

"He starts beating Arsenio repeatedly," marveled Dee, adding that the beating went on until Dee pulled Bobby away. "Why you do that?" he claims to have asked Bobby, who simply replied: "Because I wanted to" — although the full story may have involved Whitney Houston!

As reported in The NationaL ENQUIRER, Whitney's mother Cissy was determined to cover up her daughter's lesbian loves — with an insider saying Arsenio had served as one of Whitney's temporary boyfriends. Bobby would join Whitney in a volatile marriage in 1992 — and while Eddie had also dated Bobby's bride, the "My Prerogative" star seemed forgiving of that serious romance.