Actor Butler accused of punching paparazzo
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Actor Gerard Butler is being investigated for an alleged attack on a photographer.
Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Ana Aguirrein said a photographer filed a police report accusing Butler, 38, of punching him several times in the face in a scuffle early on Tuesday morning (local time) in Los Angeles.
Ms Aguirrein said investigators plan to contact Butler over the report, which names the Scottish-born actor as a suspect for misdemeanour battery.
Butler's attorney could not be reached for comment.
Celebrity website TMZ.com reported that the photographer, who was not named, had been tailing Butler in his car after the actor left a bar.
The photographer said Butler later got out of the car and threw three or four punches at him, which resulted in a hospital visit for stitches to his lip.
Last month, rapper Kanye West was arrested following a scuffle with photographers at a Los Angeles airport. Prosecutors declined to file felony charges against him.
Actors Keanu Reeves and Pierce Brosnan have also been accused of attacking photographers in the last two years, but were not criminally prosecuted.
- Reuters
