Brad Pit Punched in Face By Random Man at Maleficent Premiere

[kouki007]

 

Not the face! Brad Pitt was punched by a random man on the red carpet at the premiere of Angelina Jolie’s film Maleficent on Wednesday, May 28, a source tells Us Weekly.

 

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Pitt was at the El Capitan theatre in Hollywood for the premiere of the Disney film when a man suddenly jumped the barrier and ran up to the 12 Years a Slave actor while he was walking down the carpet.

 

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The man then made contact with Pitt’s face before police intervened. 

 

According to TMZ, the attacker is currently being detained by LAPD and will be booked for misdemeanor battery. 

 

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It's unclear where Jolie was in relation to Pitt at the time.

 

An eye witness tells US when Pitt left the premiere, “he did seem a little tense†and was “trying to shepherd his kids through the lobby and towards the back door,†adding Pitt, “was like ‘Keep tight. Stay together.'"

[eddie]

the accused has a history of doing things like this.....he kissed will smith on the red carpet.....smith was none to happy and gave him a little back hand to the face.