On Tuesday, Cleveland prosecutors photographed bruises that bus driver Heather Bormann says were the result of the actor’s blows.
A private bus driver filed assault charges against Matthew Fox Tuesday for a Saturday night incident in which he allegedly hit her while attempting to board her hired coach in Cleveland.
The city’s prosecutors office told CNN it was reviewing Heather Bormann‘s complaint. The office also took pictures of Bormann’s bruised legs and arms, which she claims were the result of theLost actor’s drunken rampage.
Bormann, a driver for charter bus company Ohio Connection has said Fox, who is in town shooting the film I, Alex Cross, physically assaulted her after being denied entry to the bus she was driving, which was rented out for a private party. He was arrested and released shortly after on Aug. 28.
“He smelled like a liquor cabinet, like a bar,” Bormann toldCleveland.com of the actor, who attempted to board the bus at about 1:30 am Sunday morning. “I told him, ‘Sorry, buddy, this is a private party. You get off my vehicle.’ I told him three times.”
But, then she says Fox began “swinging on her,” and she then retaliated by punching the actor in the mouth. Bormann says she went to the hospital to have her left hand which is bruised and swollen, bandaged.
Bormann says she didn’t recognize the LOST star until after he was taken into custody.
Neither Fox nor representatives for I, Alex Cross have commented on the situation.
Matthew Fox is in trouble this morning after it’s been reported that he punched a female bus driver in the face! And that’s not all – according to witnesses, Matthew also punched her in the boob – and crotch (see below)!!
Matthew Fox was detained by cops in Cleveland, Ohio Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a woman outside of a bar … TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources at the scene tell us … the “Lost” star allegedly tried to enter a party bus — even though he wasn’t a guest on the vehicle.
We’re told the woman who was driving the bus tried to block Fox from getting on board — at which point, he allegedly punched her in the breast and the “stomach area.”
Fox was handcuffed by an off-duty officer — and was later detained by police. Fox was released without being formally arrested. An assault report was taken and the matter remains under investigation.
We have not been able to reach Fox for comment.
UPDATE: According to the police report, obtained by TMZ, the woman PUNCHED BACK — and struck Fox “in the mouth … causing a cut on his lip.” The woman told police she may have broken her hand during the altercation. Fox was later released to a friend … who put the actor into a taxi and accompanied him back to his hotel.
Can you believe that crap! What an egotistical pig! Just because he’s a celebrity doesn’t mean he gets whatever he wants! What I love about this story – is the bus driver fought back!
It’s long been reported that Matthew is a cheater, maybe he just dislikes women.
The woman who punched Matthew Fox in the face this weekend tells TMZ … she HAD to let her fists fly because the actor struck first and she needed to defend herself. TMZ spoke with Heather Bormann … who tells us she was driving a party bus for a private party Saturday night in Cleveland — when Fox boarded the vehicle.
Bormann claims she told Fox he wasn’t welcome on the bus — but he was too drunk to understand. Bormann says, “He just kept staring at me with his mouth wide open and not saying anything. I told him, ‘You have to leave buddy. You are trespassing on my bus.’”
That’s when Fox “leaned in and started punching my crotch and breast.”
Bormann says, “I took one hand to his jaw and he was spitting blood. He stumbled backwards.”
“This was my self-defense,” Bormann says … adding, “This was the only way I could protect myself…..from a man beating up on a woman.”
Bormann says she’s meeting with prosecutors today — and may press charges.
I really want to love my fellow OregonianMatthew Fox, but this story is just plain disgusting. Who hits a girl in the boob and crotch!? Seriously!
This is one of those stories I really hope is not true! I love Matthew Fox! Love the fact that he’s been married for 18 years – and has two children. Here’s to hoping this is all just a big fat lie!
In an exclusive interview with In Touch, 25-year-old stripper Stefani Talbott claims that she slept with Lost star Matthew Fox twice in the past year. While Matthew’s rep says “These accusations are false,” Stefani says she first met the 43-year-old last July, soon after she started working at Stars Cabaret in Bend, Oregon. “I was dancing onstage, and I made eye contact with him immediately. I got so excited,” Stefani tells In Touch. Since she was a big Party of Five fan, she recognized him right away — but she soon found out he was much different from the clean-cut characters he plays. Matthew, Stefani says, started by buying her a drink, then paid for four private dances, each worth $20. “He asked me, ‘Why are you working in a place like this?’ I told him that I am a single mom and needed the money,” Stefani says. “He absolutely did not mention a wife or family, and I don’t remember him wearing a wedding ring.”
Despite the club’s strict rules about dating customers, Stefani left her 5-year-old son with a babysitter and claims she met Matthew later that night at the house he was staying in with his entourage. “We sat around and talked about his show. He complimented me and was saying how down-to-earth I am. He told me he was going to be in town for a couple of days,” she tells In Touch. Pretty soon, things heated up. “He didn’t tell me to keep it a secret or anything. He didn’t even use protection. He didn’t seem concerned at all,” says Stefani.
Matthew Fox tells Us magazine that he has no plans to return to television after “Lost” wraps in May.
“I’ve done two, six-year shows, about 300 hours of television,” said Fox. “I’m done with that.”
The actor, 43, doesn’t plan on giving up his craft completely, but wants to focus more on his family.
“I’m either going to make movies with filmmakers I want to work with or I’ll be doing something else entirely… My family will move to Oregon, back to the country I love,” he says of relocating his family from Hawaii. “I miss the four seasons climate. We’re building a house up there and I’ll be closer to my brothers and my mother. Our kids will be closer to their first cousins.”
Aside from starring in six seasons of “Lost,” Fox is best known for his starring role as the older brother Charlie Salinger in “Party of Five.”
On last night’s Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel and guest Matthew Fox had a staring contest to see who would claim the title of “Gorgeous Man” and ended up in the shower together.
I really should watch the Kimmel show, he cracks me up. Sorry I missed Matthew Fox last night!
Did you guys watch the Lost finale? I just finished it a couple minutes ago, and holy crap! The first hour and a half were pretty boring, but man – the last half hour was INTENSE!! So excited to see what they do next season (which is the last season!)
I missed Live-Blogging last week’s Lost, because I was sick. And I really missed it! When I watched Lost, it wasn’t the same, because I had all these questions, and no one to ask!
So tonight Live-Blogging Lost is BACK!
If you haven’t joined us yet, you should come tonight! We meet at 9:00PST, and watch Lost together! We can ask/answer each other’s questions! If you live in another time zone, then simply DVR Lost, then watch it with us when it starts at 9:00 PST! (If you can wait, that is!)
We’d love to see you tonight…join us!
PS: I found this great photo shoot of Jack & Kate on EW (Matthew Fox & Evangeline Lilly). Check them out!
