Things may be back to normal for Modern Family bombshell Sofia Vergara and her Delray Beach-based fiancé Nick Loeb, but Vergara isn’t too thrilled with her former flame turned friend, reformed Miami club kingpin Chris Paciello, whom she called “a dangerous thug” on Twitter.

According to SoFlo political blog The Shark Tank, the whole New Year’s Eve dust-up at the newly opened Story nightclub was a lot messier than reported. Vergara’s party of 17 was given a tiny table thisclose to Fereidoun “Fred” Khalialian, who has a substantial rap sheet of his own. Says Shark Tank, “When one of Loeb’s partygoers inadvertently backed into space perceived by Khalialian’s bodyguards to be theirs, he was physically ejected back to the Loeb table causing substantial tension between the two celebrating parties.”

When Vergara and Loeb tried to defuse the tension, “two oversized security men tackled Loeb and wrestled him to the floor. Loeb, a tall 220 pounds, made like Daniel Craig to fight off the thugs. Club owner Paciello jumped on top of this dog pile in an additional attempt to subdue Loeb. When Vergara realized that Loeb had been assaulted she entered the fray, where upon two more bodyguards tackled her, tearing her dress. Vergara struggled to her feet and left the club.” Yikes.

While some may say this is hearsay, Vergara herself endorses the story via Twitter.

A source very close to her told us, “Sofia will never speak to [Paciello] again. He begged her to come to the club and then he had no table for her. He used her for all the press for the club.” Vergara was a good friend of Paciello’s during his own troubles and allegedly put up her house for his bail money way before she was a big star, visited him in prison, and, most recently of course, hosted (pro bono) the New Year’s party at the Delano where Paciello is a consultant for nightlife conglomerate The Light Group. We contacted Paciello, who said he did not want to comment.

Lesley Abravanel