Actor Alec Baldwin on Friday disputed claims that he was arrested for punching a man during a disagreement over a New York City parking spot.…
Actor Alec Baldwin on Friday disputed claims that he was arrested for punching a man during a disagreement over a New York City parking spot.
Baldwin used two tweets to “go on the record” to claim that “the assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false.”
1- Normally, I would not comment on something as egregiously misstated as today’s story. However, the assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false. I wanted to go on the record stating as much. I realize that it has become a sport to tag people w as many negative
— HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) November 2,2018
“Normally, I would not comment on something as egregiously misstated as today’s story,” Baldwin wrote. “However, the assertion that I punched anyone over a parking spot is false. I wanted to go on the record stating as much. I realize that it has become a sport to tag people w as many negative charges and defaming allegations as possible for the purposes of clickbait entertainment. Fortunately, no matter how reverberating the echos, it doesn’t make the statements true.”
2- negative charges and defaming allegations as possible for the purposes of clickbait entertainment.
Fortunately, no matter how reverberating the echos, it doesn’t make the statements true.
— HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) November 2,2018
Baldwin was arrested on Friday afternoon and charged with assault and harassment after allegedly assaulting 49-year-old man, who was hospitalized for an injured jaw. (RELATED: Trump Responds With Four Words After Hearing That Alec Baldwin Was Arrested)
Footage showed him leaving an NYPD precinct hours later.
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