An arrest has been made after Steve Buscemi was punched within the face in a random assault whereas strolling round New York Metropolis.
On Might 8, the 66-year-old Boardwalk Empire actor was hit within the face by a then-unidentified man and was taken to the hospital for bleeding, bruising and swelling to his left eye, his publicist mentioned in an announcement to ET.
“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-City Manhattan, one other sufferer of a random act of violence within the metropolis,” the assertion learn. “He’s OK and appreciates everybody’s effectively needs.”
On Friday, Might 17, the NYPD confirmed an arrest in an announcement to ET that reads, “Pursuant to an ongoing investigation, [Clifton Williams, a 50-year-old man] was arrested and charged on Friday, Might 17, 2024, at 1420 hours inside the confines of the 13 Precinct.”
Williams is at present being charged with second-degree assault.
The information was first reported by the New York Submit. In accordance with the outlet, the Brooklyn-born actor was strolling in Kips Bay simply earlier than midday on Might 8 when the assault occurred.
The assault comes simply two months after Michael Stuhlbarg — Buschemi’s Boardwalk Empire co-star — was hit behind the neck whereas strolling via Central Park in March, the outlet stories. Stuhlbarg, 55, was capable of chase down his attacker, who was later arrested.
Simply days earlier than that, Actual Housewives of New York Metropolis alum Bethenny Frankel claimed she was the sufferer of one other random assault whereas strolling across the Huge Apple.
On the time, the truth TV star, 53, commented on a TikTok posted by a vogue design pupil who herself was sharing her assault expertise. The style design pupil mentioned in her video that she was strolling residence when somebody randomly punched her.
“That is insane [because] this occurred to me a number of months in the past however I used to be embarrassed to say,” Frankel wrote in a since-deleted remark however captured by Web page Six. “I used to be on the UWS [Upper West Side]. Insane. I used to be taking video of a bakery.”
The surprising ordeal with Buscemi occurs on the heels of ET confirming that he’s becoming a member of the season 2 solid of Netflix’s hit present Wednesday, with the Grown Ups actor starring as Barry Dort, the brand new principal of Nevermore Academy. He replaces Gwendoline Christie, whose principal character, Larissa Weems, was killed within the season 1 finale.
The present simply lately started manufacturing on the second season, which is anticipated to hit the streamer in late 2024 or 2025.
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