Matthew Fox was detained by cops in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a woman outside of a bar ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources at the scene tell us ... the "Lost" star allegedly tried to enter a party bus -- even though he wasn't a guest on the vehicle.
We're told the woman who was driving the bus tried to block Fox from getting on board -- at which point, he allegedly punched her in the breast and the "stomach area."
Fox was handcuffed by an off-duty officer -- and was later detained by police.
Fox was released without being formally arrested.
An assault report was taken and the matter remains under investigation.
We have not been able to reach Fox for comment.
UPDATE: According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the woman PUNCHED BACK -- and struck Fox "in the mouth ... causing a cut on his lip."
The woman told police she may have broken her hand during the altercation.
Fox was later released to a friend ... who put the actor into a taxi and accompanied him back to his hotel.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Matthew Fox Detained -- Accused of Assaulting Woman | TMZ.com
Matthew Fox Detained -- Accused of Assaulting Woman | TMZ.com
Matthew Fox was detained by cops in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a woman outside of a bar ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources at the scene tell us ... the "Lost" star allegedly tried to enter a party bus -- even though he wasn't a guest on the vehicle.
We're told the woman who was driving the bus tried to block Fox from getting on board -- at which point, he allegedly punched her in the breast and the "stomach area."
Fox was handcuffed by an off-duty officer -- and was later detained by police.
Fox was released without being formally arrested.
An assault report was taken and the matter remains under investigation.
We have not been able to reach Fox for comment.
UPDATE: According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the woman PUNCHED BACK -- and struck Fox "in the mouth ... causing a cut on his lip."
The woman told police she may have broken her hand during the altercation.
Fox was later released to a friend ... who put the actor into a taxi and accompanied him back to his hotel.
Matthew Fox Detained -- Accused of Assaulting Woman | TMZ.com
Matthew Fox was detained by cops in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a woman outside of a bar ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources at the scene tell us ... the "Lost" star allegedly tried to enter a party bus -- even though he wasn't a guest on the vehicle.
We're told the woman who was driving the bus tried to block Fox from getting on board -- at which point, he allegedly punched her in the breast and the "stomach area."
Fox was handcuffed by an off-duty officer -- and was later detained by police.
Fox was released without being formally arrested.
An assault report was taken and the matter remains under investigation.
We have not been able to reach Fox for comment.
UPDATE: According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the woman PUNCHED BACK -- and struck Fox "in the mouth ... causing a cut on his lip."
The woman told police she may have broken her hand during the altercation.
Fox was later released to a friend ... who put the actor into a taxi and accompanied him back to his hotel.
Matthew Fox Detained -- Accused of Assaulting Woman | TMZ.com
Matthew Fox was detained by cops in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a woman outside of a bar ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources at the scene tell us ... the "Lost" star allegedly tried to enter a party bus -- even though he wasn't a guest on the vehicle.
We're told the woman who was driving the bus tried to block Fox from getting on board -- at which point, he allegedly punched her in the breast and the "stomach area."
Fox was handcuffed by an off-duty officer -- and was later detained by police.
Fox was released without being formally arrested.
An assault report was taken and the matter remains under investigation.
We have not been able to reach Fox for comment.
UPDATE: According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the woman PUNCHED BACK -- and struck Fox "in the mouth ... causing a cut on his lip."
The woman told police she may have broken her hand during the altercation.
Fox was later released to a friend ... who put the actor into a taxi and accompanied him back to his hotel.
Matthew Fox Detained -- Accused of Assaulting Woman | TMZ.com
Matthew Fox was detained by cops in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a woman outside of a bar ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources at the scene tell us ... the "Lost" star allegedly tried to enter a party bus -- even though he wasn't a guest on the vehicle.
We're told the woman who was driving the bus tried to block Fox from getting on board -- at which point, he allegedly punched her in the breast and the "stomach area."
Fox was handcuffed by an off-duty officer -- and was later detained by police.
Fox was released without being formally arrested.
An assault report was taken and the matter remains under investigation.
We have not been able to reach Fox for comment.
UPDATE: According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the woman PUNCHED BACK -- and struck Fox "in the mouth ... causing a cut on his lip."
The woman told police she may have broken her hand during the altercation.
Fox was later released to a friend ... who put the actor into a taxi and accompanied him back to his hotel.
Matthew Fox Detained -- Accused of Assaulting Woman | TMZ.com
Matthew Fox was detained by cops in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a woman outside of a bar ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources at the scene tell us ... the "Lost" star allegedly tried to enter a party bus -- even though he wasn't a guest on the vehicle.
We're told the woman who was driving the bus tried to block Fox from getting on board -- at which point, he allegedly punched her in the breast and the "stomach area."
Fox was handcuffed by an off-duty officer -- and was later detained by police.
Fox was released without being formally arrested.
An assault report was taken and the matter remains under investigation.
We have not been able to reach Fox for comment.
UPDATE: According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the woman PUNCHED BACK -- and struck Fox "in the mouth ... causing a cut on his lip."
The woman told police she may have broken her hand during the altercation.
Fox was later released to a friend ... who put the actor into a taxi and accompanied him back to his hotel.
Matthew Fox Accuser -- I Punched Him In Self-Defense | TMZ.com
The woman who punched Matthew Fox in the face this weekend tells TMZ ... she HAD to let her fists fly because the actor struck first and she needed to defend herself.
TMZ spoke with Heather Bormann ... who tells us she was driving a party bus for a private party Saturday night in Cleveland -- when Fox boarded the vehicle.
Bormann claims she told Fox he wasn't welcome on the bus -- but he was too drunk to understand.
Bormann says, "He just kept staring at me with his mouth wide open and not saying anything. I told him, 'You have to leave buddy. You are trespassing on my bus.'"
That's when Fox "leaned in and started punching my crotch and breast."
Bormann says, "I took one hand to his jaw and he was spitting blood. He stumbled backwards."
"This was my self-defense," Bormann says ... adding, "This was the only way I could protect myself…..from a man beating up on a woman."
Bormann says she's meeting with prosecutors today -- and may press charges.
Matthew Fox Accuser -- 'I'm Pressing Charges!' | TMZ.com
The Cleveland party bus driver who claims Matthew Fox started a fist fight with her ... says the "Lost" star smelled "like a bar" -- and she's definitely pressing charges.
Heather Bormann says she thinks Matthew was drunk when she warned him several times to stop trying to get on the private bus Saturday night -- but she claims "he just stepped in for a right hook to my pelvis area and started wailing on me like I was a man."
Heather says she fought back in self-defense -- landing a left to Matt's jaw -- and today, in downtown Cleveland, she showed off her battle scars ... nasty bruises and an ace bandaged hand. She says she plans to meet with prosecutors tomorrow to press charges.
Heather also explains where she picked up the badass moves she busted out on Fox.
Jay-Z -- I Refuse to Clap for Chris Brown | TMZ.com
It was the standout performance of the MTV VMAs -- Chris Brown dancing his face off -- but while everyone from Kanye to Bieber stood up and cheered ... Jay-Z refused to even crack a smile.
Of course, Jay is the man who discovered Rihanna -- and they're still VERY tight. So, was his decision to NOT clap a message to Brown? Or is Jay simply too cool for the room?
WNBA Star Attacked My Crotch ... Claims Ex-BF | TMZ.com
L.A. Sparks rookie Jantel Lavender -- the #5 overall pick in the 2011 WNBA Draft -- allegedly kneed her ex-BF in the junk so hard, his groin area was "throbbing from the pain" ... this according to legal docs obtained by TMZ.
According to court papers filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Lavender's ex Adam Ashley obtained a temporary restraining order against the 6'4" athlete two weeks ago ... claiming he's been "in hiding" ever since a July 5 altercation where Lavender allegedly grabbed a knife and threatened to kill him.
In the docs, Ashley also says Lavender "grabbed my head and slammed it into the wall. She grabbed my neck and was choking me."
Ashley claims it wasn't the first time Lavender got violent with him -- alleging she also tried to choke him during a fight in June. During that altercation, Ashley claims, "While I was grabbing for her hands she kneed me in the growing [SIC] area. My private area was throbbing from the pain."
Jantel has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Ashley until the next court hearing.
After the judge granted the restraining order against Jantel -- she filed a request for a restraining order of her own against Adam ... claiming he attempted to punch her during a recent screaming match at her home.
The two are set to meet in court on August 30.
Zsa Zsa Gabor's Anniversary Party -- Let Her Eat Cake | TMZ.com
Zsa Zsa Gabor and Prince Von A-hole celebrated their 25th anniversary by throwing a huge party with everything -- celeb guests, massive cake, and ... no Zsa Zsa. Uh-oh.
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Lawsuit: I Was Punched In the Face at the Playboy Mansion! | TMZ.com
A famous German rapper is being sued for allegedly punching a woman in the face and breaking her nose during a party at the Playboy Mansion in 2009 ... TMZ has learned.
Alessandra Mendes claims she was minding her own business on the dance floor during a party for a beverage called Stander ... when some "drunk and unruly" dude named Giwar Hajabi -- aka Xatar -- bumped into her friend.
In her lawsuit, filed last week in L.A. County Superior Court, Mendes claims she asked Hajabi to leave them alone ... but instead, he pushed her and pulled her hair. Mendes says Hajabi then, "stepped on [my] foot and punched [me] in the nose."
In her suit, Mendes points out that she is 5'4" and 120 lbs ... and Xatar is 6'0" and 235 lbs.
Mendes claims Xatar "had a known reputation for drunken , unruly and combative and violent behavior, but [Playboy, Stander and the party promoters] allowed Hajabi on to the premises" anyway.
In the docs, Mendes claims while she was bleeding profusely, she was "simply escorted to a shuttle bus" and taken to her car without any medical attention.
Mendes is suing Xatar, Playboy, Stander and the promoters for unspecified damages.
Attempts to reach Xatar were unsuccessful. Calls to Playboy have not been returned.
One-Piece vs. Two-Piece -- The Great Debate! | TMZ.com
Shia LaBeouf Holds On to Current Girlfriend | TMZ.com
The same day news broke he once hooked up with Megan Fox when she may have still been with Brian Austin Green, Shia LaBeouf walked hand-in-hand with his current girlfriend Karolyn Pho in NYC on Tuesday.
Nothing like a little PDA to strengthen your relationship.
Shia LaBeouf: Yeah, I HOOKED UP With Megan Fox | TMZ.com
Shia LaBeouf says he totally got down with Megan Fox before she was fired off the "Transformers" franchise ... there's only one little catch -- she may have been dating Brian Austin Green at the time.
LaBeouf gave a tell-all, no-holds barred interview to Details.com, in which the interviewer asked point blank if Shia ever hooked up with Fox ... and according to the article, "LaBeouf nods affirmatively."
LaBeouf explained, "Look, you're on the set for six months, with someone who's rooting to be attracted to you, and you're rooting to be attracted to them."
"I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing, and I think you can see the chemistry onscreen."
But here's the CRAZY part -- the interviewer says he asked if Megan was dating B.A.G. during their hookup ... and LaBeouf replied, "I don't know, man. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. . . ." repeating the phrase exactly 12 times with various intonations, as if trying to get it just right.
LaBeouf eventually said, "It was what it was."
A rep for Megan Fox tells TMZ, "We have no comment."
Miley Cyrus -- When Non-Violent Tweens Attack | TMZ.com
Miley Cyrus's concert security will destroy all threats to the singer ... even the tiny, harmless, super-excited female kind.
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