Comedian George Lopez is headed to court on battery charges over an October "MAGA" confrontation that turned physical and was caught on camera.
A police report obtained by entertainment website TMZ confirms that a summons was delivered to the anti-Trump celebrity one day after grabbing a man's neck inside Hooter's restaurant in New Mexico. The incident, which was recorded with a cellphone camera, shows Mr. Lopez approaching a man while talking about "bull--."
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"He's a bada. Look at him! He wants to fight me. Oh! George wants to fight me," a man says as his cellphone camera and seemingly his neck was grabbed by the comedian.
"The officer says he informed George he'd be receiving a court summons for misdemeanor battery and that George was compliant," TMZ reported Friday.
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Mr. Lopez told officers that the restaurant patron was trying to goad him into violence with repeated pro-Trump rhetoric.
He is scheduled to appear in court sometime in December, the website reported.