Alec Baldwin denies assault charges
The Oscar nominee was charged with assault and harassment and given a desk appearance ticket, the NYPD said.
Alec Baldwin is speaking out after being charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment following his arrest on Friday. The Oscar nominee was charged with assault and harassment and given a desk appearance ticket, the NYPD said, reports USWeekly.com.
The Mission: Impossible Fallout actor took to Twitter after being released from custody Friday to deny claims that he punched a man over a parking dispute. “Normally, I would not comment on something as egregiously misstated as today’s story,” he wrote on the Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation account, adding, “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 (sic).”
A New York City police chief also confirmed that “Alec did not punch the guy.”