Steve Buscemi is OK after being assaulted in New York final week.
The New York Submit reported Sunday that the actor was strolling via the Kips Bay neighborhood on Manhattan’s East facet when he turned the sufferer of a random assault.
His publicist confirmed the information and mentioned Buscemi is OK following the assault, which occurred in broad daylight.
“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Midtown Manhattan, one other sufferer of a random act of violence within the metropolis,” his publicist mentioned in a press release. “He’s OK and appreciates everybody’s properly needs, although extremely unhappy for everybody that this has occurred to whereas additionally strolling the streets of N.Y.”
Buscemi is the newest movie star to turn out to be the sufferer of a random assault. Michael Stuhlbarg, who starred with Buscemi in HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, was hit at the back of his neck by a rock in March. The New York Police Division arrested a vagrant, Xavier Israel, within the assault.
In recent times, actor Rick Moranis and actuality star Bethenny Frankel even have been the victims of random assaults in New York Metropolis.
Reached by cellphone on Sunday, an NYPD spokesperson informed The Hollywood Reporter that she had no info obtainable concerning the incident. However regulation enforcement sources informed The New York Submit that the attacker took off and has not but been discovered. The Submit added that police are in search of a bearded man who was carrying a baseball cap, a blue T-shirt and black sweatpants.
Buscemi, a local of Brooklyn, is a former FDNY firefighter who helped his former fireplace firm, Engine 55, following the 9/11 terrorist assaults.
Buscemi, whose resume additionally embrace Fargo and Reservoir Canine, amongst quite a few different TV and movie credit, lately guest-starred on the ultimate season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.