Louis Tomlinson threw victim during airport brawl LAPD report
The singer has been named as a suspect in the police report, which also
reveals that Louis told the police department that he could not remember exactly what had happened: ‘I may have taken him down, I’m not sure, but I remember we both fell to the floor.’
The report also reveals that a witness confirmed that 25-year-old Louis ‘threw Becerra Herrera, the other passenger, over his shoulder after he thought she was attacking his girlfriend’.
The Mail Online saw five pages of the seven-page report; two pages cannot be released under LAPD guidelines.
The report also confirms that Louis had ‘scuffed’ knuckles after the incident, which saw Louis being held under citizen’s arrest.
Video obtained by RadarOnline later revealed that Louis intervened when one pap refused to leave his girlfriend Eleanor Calder alone, and as he tries to stop the photographer from following his girlfriend he appears to slip and both he and the pap fall to the ground.
The video then appears to show Eleanor is attacked by a group of girls who pin her against the wall and drag her to the floor until others intervene and it looks like Louis is again dragged to the ground as he rushes to her defence.
The reports reads: ‘Susp (suspect) Tomlinson grabbed vict (victim) – Larsen’s leg and caused him to fall backward, then struck vict – Becerra in the eye’.
It also reveals that four other witnesses were interviewed at the scene on the evening of the event, although all four give different accounts of what they saw.
LAPD officer T Tran wrote in the report that he ‘asked Susp Tomlinson if he recalled ever making any physical contact with Becerra Herrera. Tomlinson stated that he placed his hands on Becerra Herrera and in a pushing motion, pushed Becerra Herrera off of Calder and grabbed Calder to pull her away from Becerra Herrera.
‘(Police) Officer Chen asked Tomlinson if he recalled sweeping Larsen’s legs causing him to fall to the ground. Tomlinson said: “I may have taken him down, I’m not sure, but I remember we both fell to the floor”.’
The report also recounts Eleanor’s account of the evening: ‘Calder stated that she tried to slap the phone out of Becerra Herrera’s hands and may have forcibly remove the cellphone from Becerra Herrera’s hands. Calder stated that Becerra Herrera started to hit her with closed fists and kicked her. Then they all got into a physical fight with each other. Calder said this was when Tomlinson pulled her away from Becerra Herrera.’
Three other witnesses gave police statements; the Mail Online say that two side with Becerra Herrera and one with Tomlinson and his girlfriend.
Meanwhile Becerra Herrera claimed that the singer ‘punched her in the eye and broke her glasses’ however Herrera’s wife Bianca Garza claimed that Louis ‘grabbed her spouse by the waist ‘bear hug style’ and threw her over his shoulder’.
The fight was reportedly caught on an American Airline security camera but the LAPD have yet to view the footage.
Louis is due in court on March 29 on charges of battery and could be jailed for up to six months if convicted.
Writer: Rebecca Lewis for Metro.co.uk
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