Tomlinson was placed under citizen’s arrest and was later arrested on misdemeanour battery charges by LAPD.
At least one woman was videotaping the incident on a cell phone, an LAPD spokesman told PEOPLE, and she began arguing with Calder. Tomlinson rushed to his girlfriend’s defense, and the woman ended up on the ground with an injured eye.
Both the woman and the paparazzo filed “private persons arrest” statements, the officer told PEOPLE.
In a statement to PEOPLE at the time, Tomlinson’s lawyer Martin Singer said it was the paparazzi that provoked and caused the altercation.
“This is not the first or last time that a paparazzi has created an altercation with a celebrity. While the altercation was going on with the paparazzi, three other individuals were attacking his girlfriend during the incident and he came to her defense.”
This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.com
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