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Lohan tussles with man over photos
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NEW YORK -- A 25-year-old man initially arrested Sunday on an assault charge after Lindsay Lohan claimed he grabbed her in a New York hotel room in an argument over cellphone images was freed hours later and his arrest voided when the charge could not be substantiated, law enforcement officials said.
Instead, Christian LaBella of California, and Lohan were filing harassment complaints with police against each other after they were interviewed by police about their run-in, law enforcement officials said.
Afterward, Lohan publicist Steve Honig expressed outrage police did not charge LaBella.
"We think it's both distressing and outrageous," he said in a telephone interview. "Lindsay was assaulted and there needs to be a consequence for that."
LaBella was taken into custody about 6 a.m. after an emergency services call came from the swank W Hotel in Manhattan's Union Square where Lohan apparently pulled the fire alarm, the two officials said.
A former congressional aide, LaBella was arrested on a misdemeanour assault charge but released later Sunday.
Lohan and LaBella met hours earlier at a nightclub, though it was unclear whether they previously knew each other, the officials said. They went back to her room, when she noticed the cellphone photos of her on his phone and grabbed the device, the officials said.
She claimed LaBella grabbed her and threw her, but later he said she had forcefully taken his phone, the officials said. Lohan was injured but not hospitalized, Honig said in a statement.
-- The Associated Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition October 1, 2012 D2
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