Leonardo DiCaprio Assaulted in L.A.
Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 5:04 pm
Leonardo DiCaprio Assaulted in L.A.
Leonardo DiCaprio was assaulted at a party at the Hollywood Hills home of Rick Solomon on Thursday night, People magazine reported.
"While leaving a small private gathering, Leo was attacked by a woman who was trespassing and had been repeatedly asked to leave the property," the Oscar-nominated actor's publicist, Ken Sunshine, said in a statement. "The attacker struck him with a glass object before being restrained by witnesses."
The statement said the woman was reportedly looking for an ex-boyfriend, who she had apparently physically assaulted on prior occasions.
DiCaprio was at the party hosted by Solomon, Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend, when at around 4 a.m., the woman hit him in the face with what appeared to be a beer bottle, a source reported.
After the incident, an ambulance wasn't called but friends took him to a hospital for medical attention, where he received about a dozen stitches near his ear, said the source.
The actor is in Los Angeles on a break from shooting the Martin Scorsese-directed movie "The Departed" in Boston and New York. The incident is not expected to affect his return to the set.
Law enforcement authorities have begun a criminal investigation into the matter.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was assaulted at a party at the Hollywood Hills home of Rick Solomon on Thursday night, People magazine reported.
"While leaving a small private gathering, Leo was attacked by a woman who was trespassing and had been repeatedly asked to leave the property," the Oscar-nominated actor's publicist, Ken Sunshine, said in a statement. "The attacker struck him with a glass object before being restrained by witnesses."
The statement said the woman was reportedly looking for an ex-boyfriend, who she had apparently physically assaulted on prior occasions.
DiCaprio was at the party hosted by Solomon, Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend, when at around 4 a.m., the woman hit him in the face with what appeared to be a beer bottle, a source reported.
After the incident, an ambulance wasn't called but friends took him to a hospital for medical attention, where he received about a dozen stitches near his ear, said the source.
The actor is in Los Angeles on a break from shooting the Martin Scorsese-directed movie "The Departed" in Boston and New York. The incident is not expected to affect his return to the set.
Law enforcement authorities have begun a criminal investigation into the matter.
http://www.wral.com/entertainment/4624998/detail.html
Distributed by Internet Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
