Perez says he was “Punched”:
June 22nd, 2009Police have charged Tour Manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly gave celebrity blogger Perez Hilton a black eye outside a Toronto nightclub.
Hilton said he got into an argument with band members at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina (Tour Manager). They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show.
Molina turned himself in and has been charged with assaulting Hilton. Molina is due in court August 5.
Hilton complained about the incident on the microblogging site Twitter. He tweeted at 4am: “I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke.”
Hilton said in interview with The Associated Press that he called one of the band members a gay slur, inside the club after the musician told the blogger not to write about his band on his Web site.
He was in my face saying ’You need to respect me.’ Hilton says “He was obviously trying to intimidate me and scare me,” “I was like ‘I don’t need to respect you. I don’t respect you and I did say this, and I knew that it would be the worst thing I could possibly say to him because he was acting the way he was. I said ‘You know what, I don’t respect you and you’re gay’.
Hilton said he then left the club and was punched from behind. The pop stars and the blogger were among celebrities in Toronto for the Much Music Video Awards on Sunday night.
