EXCLUSIVE: Jodie Foster Claims Attacked Teen A Paparazzi; His Dad Says 'That's Ridiculous'
June 11 2010, Published 7:28 a.m. ET
Jodie Foster is claiming that a teenage boy who attempted to take photographs of her and ended up filing a police incident report for battery is a paparazzi. But the 17-year-old’s father told Breaking Celebrity News exclusively: “That’s ridiculous! He's not a paparazzo! He's just a kid who happens to have a nice camera.”
What’s more the dad says the kid was hoping for an autograph before Foster attacked him, scratching, grabbing and bruising the boy.
Interestingly, Foster does admit making physical contact with the teen. Her rep told RadarOline.com: “She touched him on the elbow in an attempt to take him aside to talk to him and tell him to stop. He scared the kids.”
EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENT: See The Police Report
Breaking Celebrity News broke the story Friday that Foster was accused of attacking a teenager at The Grove in Los Angeles. We presented the police incident report which said that Foster poked the teen in the chest, grabbed his left arm and caused visible injuries.
We’ve now learned that police are investigating the incident.
“We are vetting the case,” a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department tells Breaking Celebrity News, meaning they are in the process of examination and evaluation.
The father of the victim told Breaking Celebrity News on Friday: “We will be meeting with detectives today.”
Foster’s representative told Breaking Celebrity News: “The police report is his side of the story. The guy was a professional photographer with a camera bag and a large lens. He followed Jodie and her two sons from the cinema in The Grove to the valet parking area. He crowded her and her two sons and took pictures the whole time. Jodie told him to stop but he did not do so.”
The alleged victim and his father have requested anonymity. When Foster’s comments were relayed to the father, he told Breaking Celebrity News: "He went over to her to get an autograph and took a picture. She's the one who approached him and attacked him at the valet. If she's trying to deny touching him, she's wrong."
Breaking Celebrity News has found no evidence that the teenager is a paparazzi.
As Breaking Celebrity News was the first to report, a police report was filed on May 29 between 1:50 pm and 2:00 pm by the teenager, who alleged the Panic Room actress hit him.
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“Jodie Foster attacked my son at the parking lot at The Grove,” his father tells Breaking Celebrity News. “Jodie pushed and shoved him leaving scratches and bruises on his arm.”
