One day in 1995, Alec Baldwin caught a celebrity photographer named Alan Zanger videotaping him -- and proceeded to break his nose. Five years later, in June, 2000, the California Supreme Court ruled that -- notwithstanding his protestations of innocence -- Baldwin would have to pay $4,500 in damages.
Baldwin's defense? That his actions had been motivated by self-defense. The 'actions' in question? He had punched Zanger, broken his glasses... and then covered his truck with shaving cream.
[On another occasion, Baldwin accused horse-drawn carriage drivers in Central Park of animal cruelty. When they objected he challenged them to step outside: "Come on," he taunted them. "Come on out..." He later wrote an episode of "Law & Order" ("Tabloid") based on his
own experiences with tabloid journalists.]
Sources
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