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'Mob Wives' Boyfriend Slashed by Box Cutter Outside Williamsburg Club: NYPD

By Serena Dai | December 29, 2014 1:35pm | Updated on December 29, 2014 4:35pm
 Rodolfo "Rudy" Lopez, pictured here, is suspected of slashing a man outside a Williamsburg club.
Rodolfo "Rudy" Lopez, pictured here, is suspected of slashing a man outside a Williamsburg club.
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WILLIAMSBURG — The boyfriend of Natalie Guercio, a co-star on reality show "Mob Wives," was slashed multiple times with a box cutter outside of Williamsburg club OUTPUT early Sunday, police and Guercio said.

London Rene, 37, was in front of the club at 74 Wythe Ave. at about 3:20 a.m. when an acquaintance came up and sliced the right side of his face with a box cutter, according to police and Guercio's tweets.

The man, who police have identified as Rodolfy Lopez, then continued to slash Rene on his left arm and stomach, police said. Lopez then ran off and had not been arrested as of Monday afternoon, police said.

Rene was taken to Woodhull Hospital. Guercio wrote on her Instagram page that Rene needed more than 250 stitches after the incident.

 "Mob Wives" co-star Natalie Guercio (right) posted a photo of her boyfriend London Rene to Instagram after he was slashed with a box cutter in Williamsburg.
"Mob Wives" co-star Natalie Guercio (right) posted a photo of her boyfriend London Rene to Instagram after he was slashed with a box cutter in Williamsburg.
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He was then taken to Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey to see a plastic surgeon, she wrote.

"Please pray for him," Guercio wrote on Twitter.

OUTPUT did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Lopez is approximately 5 feet 9 inches, 200 pounds with short, black hair. Police are seeking any information on the incident or Lopez's whereabouts.

The public can submit tips by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-8477, on the Crime Stoppers website or by texting 274637 with TIP577.

"Mob Wives" is a reality show on VH1 following women with alleged connections to the mob. Guercio is a Philadelphia native who's on the show because of her family business Carto Funeral Home's connections to the "Philadelphia underworld."

Editor's Note: A previous version of this story identified the suspect as Rodolfo "Rudy" Lopez. It has been changed to Rudolfy Lopez as per updated information from the police and court system at a later date.