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Alec Baldwin sues man who accused him of parking spot rage
Alec Baldwin has filed a defamation lawsuit against a man who says Baldwin hit him in the face during an argument over a New York City parking space.
Baldwin wrote in his lawsuit that contractor Wojciech Cieszkowski’s claim that he was violently assaulted by the actor is “objectively false.”
“When two New Yorkers get into an argument over a parking space, typically what happens is they exchange a few sharp words and then move on with their lives,” Baldwin wrote in the suit filed in Manhattan state Supreme Court. “But that is not what happened here.”
The lawsuit says Cieszkowski made up a false story about the skirmish in an effort to extort money from Baldwin. Cieszkowski sued Baldwin, claiming that Baldwin’s assault was “physically painful and psychologically traumatic.”
Shakira plans a Latin tribute at upcoming Super Bowl
Colombian music star Shakira says she will pay homage to Latin culture alongside Jennifer Lopez at the 2020 Pepsi Super Bowl Halftime Show in Miami.
Speaking Monday in Barcelona, Spain, where she lives with her longterm partner, Spanish soccer star Gerard Piqué, and their two children, Shakira said she was fulfilling a dream which also had “a very important purpose.”
“To celebrate that culture, to showcase it in a country where Latinos have also struggled a lot,” she said. “I feel really humbled and with a great responsibility in my hands to represent the Latino community.”
From wire reports