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David Schwimmer helps cops solve stabbing

It’s the one where “Ross” helps cops investigate a fight involving a suspected hooker.

“Friends” star David Schwimmer invited cops into his East Village townhouse on Monday for a special screening — a video of an early-morning drunken fight among three men, police sources said.

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The brawl had broken out at around 5:40 a.m. in a first-floor apartment in a building on East Sixth Street that adjoins the actor’s home. It spilled into the hallway before the men smashed through a glass lobby door.

Afterward, a 26-year-old john was taken to Bellevue Hospital with stab wounds to the face. His transvestite prostitute ran off, and a third combatant was arrested.

Robert Rainey, 21, of Newark was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and robbery, the sources said.

Witnesses heard the older man shout, “He sliced me up!”

Police had only the two men’s accounts of who did what to whom — until they noticed a security camera on Schwimmer’s property, the sources said.

He showed them the video, and they left with a tape that might be used in court.

Schwimmer plunked down $4 million for 331 E. Sixth St. in 2010 and angered locals with his massive renovation in 2012 of the 160-year-old home.

But now he’s the hero of the historic block that includes the landmark Community Synagogue.

“Four years ago, I would say David Schwimmer was the least popular guy on the block with the construction and all,” said resident Jayson Fillermutter, 31.

“But he has turned out to be a decent neighbor, and I am glad to hear he helped the cops with that stabbing.”

The sources said the younger man had swiped a computer after the older man refused to pay him.

Neighbors heard the older man screaming outside the apartment: “Come out, we know you’re in there! We know you stole the computer!”

Additional reporting by Larry Celona