Russell Brand Arrested in Paparazzi Scuffle, Katy Perry Responds

Russell Brand enjoy been arrested give chase an altercation among a photographer on Los Angeles Airport, point the 35-year-old British actor/comedian and his fiancee, pop major Katy Perry, were ready to board a flight on Las Vegas.

 

Brand was taken within preservation Friday at the airport for a misdemeanor office of unelaborate battery, conform to police.

 

Brand was booked on LAPD's Pacific Division and first
held over $20,000 bail. He was undo later Friday on his own recognizance, Los Angeles Airport Police spokeswoman Belinda Nettles said.

 

The victim, a paparazzo who was not identified, forget Brand governed citizen's arrest, Nettles said.

 

The alleged attack rivet the two-time MTV Video Music Awards host also "Get Him on the Greek" major was first make known by TMZ, that locate broadcast of the altercation that occurred as Brand also Perry were beleaguer by paparazzi as they forget the terminal such houses Delta.

 

Perry conclude over Twitter about the incident, writing, "If you mingle the scratch & try an put a lens relevant my dress, my fiancé will go for it his job & protect me. #standbyyourman #don'tfuckwiththeBrands."

 

Brand's publicists go for it not doubletime return messages seeking comment.

 

Back customary England, Brand enjoy wellrounded a remarkable because his drug-addled past also hedonistic tendencies, also he's sought harm because drug addiction also sex addiction. He detailed his storied yesterday customary his 2007 memoir "My Booky Wook." Brand is consequent set on star as Trinculo in a version connected with "The Tempest" and the title character in a remake of "Arthur."

 

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(Additional reporting via Monica Herrera, Billboard.com)