Katy Perry’s Ex-Husband Russell Brand Gets Arrest Warrant For iPhone Scuffle

Katy Perry’s Ex-Husband Russell Brand Gets Arrest Warrant For iPhone Scuffle

An arrest warrant has been issued in New Orleans for "Get Him to the Greek" star Russell Brand after a photographer accused the British comedian and actor of grabbing his iPhone and tossing it through a window, police said on Thursday.

The misdemeanor warrant carries a $700 fine, said New Orleans police spokesman Officer Garry Flot.

TMZ has posted photos of Brand pulling an iPhone from a man in a car. Another photo on the site shows a broken window through which Brand was said to have thrown the phone.

The photographer filed a police report over the incident, which happened on Monday.  Brand’s spokesman could not be contacted for comments on the arrest warrant.

Brand defended himself with an ironic comment on his Twitter page on Wednesday. "Since Steve Jobs died I cannot bear to see anyone use an iPhone irreverently, what I did was a tribute to his memory," Brand said.

It was still unknown if Brand had already left New Orleans. Officer Flot declined to divulge whether police are trying to track him down.

The star of films "Arthur" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" has had numerous run-ins with the law over the years, and he has been public about his past drug use.

Brand was deported last year from Japan over his criminal history when he was trying to visit Katy Perry on her concert tour in the country. He was also arrested for an alleged attack on a paparazzi at a Los Angeles airport in 2010.

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