Thursday, March 15, 2012

Update: Russell Brand Arrested in New Orleans

NOPD Mug Shot 
The British actor turned himself in to New Orleans law enforcement Thursday and posed for a mug shot. WWL-TV.com was first to post Brand's picture.

New Orleans Police Department spokesman Gary Flot confirmed earlier Thursday that a warrant had been issued for Brand's arrest on a charge of simple damage to property in the amount of $700. The warrant stemmed from an incident Monday in which a photographer, identified by online sources as Timothy Jackson, said he was taking pictures of Brand in the 500 block of Julia Street Monday at about 7:10 p.m. when the actor wrestled the iPhone from his hand and threw it through the window of a Warehouse District law firm.

On Thursday afternoon, TMZ.com was reporting that a production assistant for the film Brand is here working on dropped by the law firm last night and plunked down $240 for the repairs. No word on the photographer's cellphone.

Brand, 36, is in New Orleans shooting Oscar-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody's untitled film, which also stars Octavia Spencer, also an Oscar-winner, for "The Help."

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