Alec Baldwin denies he 'punched anyone over a parking spot,' following assault arrest

Actor Alec Baldwin has denied that he "punched anyone over a parking spot" following his Friday arrest on an assault and harassment charges in New York. In a pair of tweets dispatched from his Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Twitter account, Baldwin said that he realizes "that it has become a sport to tag people w[ith] as many negative charges and defaming allegations as possible for the purposes of clickbait entertainment," but that "no matter how reverberating the echos [sic], it doesn't make the statements true." Baldwin was charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment after he punched someone during what police officials described as a dispute near his home in New York City's Greenwich Village. Baldwin is expected to appear in court on Nov. 26. A representative for the actor had no comment. Baldwin, 60, has faced legal trouble in the Big Apple in the past. In 2014, after a New York City police officer issued him a summons him for riding his bike the wrong way...

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