Rhys Ifans has been accused of assaulting a partygoer following a row last night at a pre-Bafta party.
According to The Daily Mail the Notting Hill star is alleged to have slapped a guest at the exclusive St Pancras Renaissance hotel in London in the early hours of the morning.
Theatre producer Adam Spreadbury-Maher has claimed he witnessed the actor verbally abuse a man before slapping him several times across the face.
He told The Daily Mail: “Rhys went mental and started on my friend.”
“He was slapping him round the face and shoving him. It was pretty terrible. It was completely random. We were invited in and then he just went silly about 20 minutes after we arrived.”He said.
The creative director added: “He made a beeline for him and started shoving him saying, “What the f*** are you doing here? You’re a joker. Who the f*** are you?”
“He slapped him quite a few times. I think he was trying to make himself feel like a big man. He went nuts. It was as though he was in a bubble and he didn’t realise people were watching.”
Mr Spreadbury-Maher left the hotel in the early hours and reported the incident to the police.
A police spokesman said: “I can confirm police were called at 6.24am on Saturday, February 11, by a man alleging that a friend had been assaulted earlier that night at the Renaissance Hotel, Euston Road. There was no report of serious injury.”
A spokesman for the hotel also confirmed there had been an allegation of assault.
It isn't the first time the star has lashed out, he was arrested on allegations of battery against a female security guard at last year's Comic Con in California.
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