Jodie Foster's Alleged Assault Victim Shares Post-Attack Photo
Photos of a bruised teenager who accused Jodie Foster of attacking him in May have been revealed at
RadarOnline.com. The pictures -- which clearly depict a bruised and fingernail-clawed arm -- were submitted to Los Angeles police, but the assault charges were eventually
dropped due to a lack of evidence.
The 17-year-old boy, withholding his last name and going by Tony Jr., accused Foster of
battery after an incident outside a Los Angeles-area shopping mall in May. At the time, the actress's rep called the accusations a "fabrication."
David Perel, RadarOnline creator and executive vice president, tells
PopEater his gut reaction to the new photos: "They certainly show injuries to the teenager's arm, and they do appear to be consistent with being roughly grabbed. Of course, it is impossible to say just by looking at these photos that Jodie Foster inflicted these injuries," Perel says. "But, interestingly, Foster's rep eventually did admit the actress touched the teenager's arm after he took a photo of her; that lends weight to the possibility she inflicted these injuries."
According to the May 29 report, the boy spotted Foster in the valet parking area of the Grove shopping complex and approached her to take a picture. The police report was filed after the incident and officers did not report to the scene.
Describing the incident to
Radar, Tony Jr.'s father said, "Jodie pushed and shoved him, leaving scratches and bruises on his arm ... She came after him, poked him in the chest and said, 'Do you even have a mother you slime ball?' He didn't mouth back at all and was scared of her."
Foster's rep asserted the minor was a professional photographer, citing his possession of a telephoto lens. Radar contends Tony Jr. has never sold a photo. "Foster's rep offered not a shred of evidence to back up that claim and when RadarOnline.com investigated, we discovered he has
never attempted to sell a photo professionally to any news or entertainment outlet," Perel tells
PopEater. "A fan taking a photo of a celebrity is hardly an unusual event and the rep's comments seem to lack substance. For the rep to say the teenager is a professional photographer because he has a telephoto lens is laughable. It was a silly comment at best."
Tony Jr., for his part, feels he was shortchanged by the city attorney's dismissal of the case on a lack of evidence.
Visit RadarOnline.com to see the photos and hear the 17-year-old's full story.
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Now I know why she defended Mel so much.
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She shouldn't have grabbed his arm, she should have grabbed his throat. Paps are leaches.
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I agree with you about the paps, but did you read the article? This was just a kid, not one of those slimeballs.
I don't have all the facts. But by appearances Jodi could back off on her hormone shots. Steroids really screw up the mind and lead to violence such as this.
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First of all, he has no proof she did that to him. He could have done it to himself. I wouldn't put anything past the paparazzi, especially a pap-in-training like this loser.
2. He's 17 and let a nearly 50 year-old woman do that to him? I would not be playing that up if I were this guy. What a puzzy. In my high school, you would have gotten a swirly for that. And he deserves one.
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Jodie Foster is the SLIMEBALL, she or he, whichever she is suppose to be, is DISGUSTING.
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So how long have you been such a hateful bigoted person?
Honestly, I don't believe one word of it.
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If you read the story on radar, he was at a movie with his girlfriend. Now tell me - how many people take telephoto equipped cameras INTO a movie theater? Just happen to have it around, right? You don't leave it in the car when you decideto see a flick with your GF? No - you bring it in with you... Sure you do.
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Good point.
Agreed.
Plus how do we know it wasn't his "girlfriend" who inflicted the injuries? After all paps constantly lie. Look at the woman in the Cy & Paris "hit & run" where she claims that Cy ran her over and she now has nightmares over it. Even the operator was leery of the call because she didn't know she needed an ambulance or not then decided she did.
I doubt Jodie did that and it's just a way for the "boy" to cash in.
She's a celebrity, not a superhero. She can't tell within a matter of seconds whether the person (who looks like a full-grown man) behind the telephoto lens is a fan or a professional out to sell her image for profit. Wasn't she with her child at the time? Don't celebrities also get criticized for ALLOWING their children to be photographed? Furthermore, remember the whole thing where she was stalked? And they wanted to shoot Reagan to impress her? Remember that? And we expect her to go about her life normally, never exhibiting paranoid behavior after such a traumatizing event? She's a celebrity, not a superhero. Don't expect her to have super powers. Don't blame her for attacking a fan, blame the paparazzi for keeping her in a perpetually paranoid state.
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Another great point!
It looks like another case of trying to get money out of a celebrity, he did not sell the pictures as an aliby, thinking he could get more by saying she attack him in the long run.
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Scodie Foster!
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C'mon kid, don't be so weak. And all these investigations into the situation, give me a break this is so petty. Move along folks, nothing to see here.
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Just another example of gender bias. If this had been a teenage girl making accusations like this about a grown male actor, it would have been all over the media. The male actor would have went jail, and there would have been a full blown investigation. She knows what she did.
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She is a very talented actress and was protecting her kids. This pap in training should just get over it already. I bet if he would of got a clear shot he would of sold the photos. She probable touched him to move him away and he inflicted those marks himself for attention. He is out to make a buck just like everyone else. Look how he is carrying on with this, get over it, its not that serious. She has nerver been in the news for attacking anyone, let alone what highschool kid carries that expensive camera. LOL a pap camera. He is just a wanna be pap trying to make a buck. He is a loser and should get over it and leave her alone.
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