Jude Law arrested over assault
BRITISH film star Jude Law was arrested for allegedly assaulting a photographer outside his west London home, police said.
Law, 34, back from the Venice Film Festival showing of his new film Sleuth, went voluntarily to Marylebone Police Station in central London after the incident on Tuesday and was released on police bail.
The Hollywood hunk, 34, was said to have tried to grab the lensman’s camera outside his house in the plush Maida Vale district, according to The Sun newspaper.
“Mr. Law provided the police with a statement regarding his denials of allegations by a ‘paparazzi’ photographer against him and made his own allegations concerning the photographer,” said Law’s solicitor Graham Shear.
“Jude has the utmost respect for the police and whilst this is an ongoing matter no further comment will be made.”
The photographer was alleged to have suffered minor injuries in the incident.
“The victim sustained an injury to his hand and he was taken to hospital by the London Ambulance Service,” a police spokesman said.
“A 34-year-old man from Maida Vale was arrested yesterday on suspicion of actual bodily harm after voluntarily attending a London police station,” a police spokesman said.
“The arrest followed an allegation of assault yesterday at a residential address in Maida Vale. The 34-year-old man was released on bail to a date in October pending further inquiries.”
The actor’s spokesman was unavailable for comment.
Law earned Oscar nominations for his performances in The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) and Cold Mountain (2003).
In April, fellow British film star Hugh Grant was arrested for allegedly kicking a photographer and attacking him with a container of baked beans in an altercation near his own west London home.
He was not charged over the incident.
Jude has made no secret of his dislike for paparazzi in the past, claiming they are all stalkers.
He said: “The invasion of photographers in a lot of people’s lives is too much.
“If you took away their cameras they would be stalkers and freaks. Most of them are, anyway, or at least they look like it.
“They follow me to sets every day, hoping I’ll fall, hoping I’ll get hit by a car, hoping a bird will s**t on my head.
“And then there’s a story. People either know that or they don’t.”
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