A group of four men beat another man who said he tried to stop them from harassing a woman outside a trendy Manhattan restaurant, police said.
The beating kicked off when one of the assailants began arguing with the 37-year-old victim at 4:05 a.m. on Oct. 30, after security went off-duty, in front of Tao restaurant on Ninth Avenue near West 16th Street in Chelsea, according to cops.
The victim told police he argued with the man because he and his three buddies were harassing a woman outside the hotspot.
The two began fighting and three cohorts of the attacker joined in and began pummeling the victim, police said.
The victim was rushed to Bellevue Hospital and treated for a broken orbital bone and a number of cuts, authorities said.
The suspects ran off and are still being sought by police.