Russell Crowe arrested for assaulting hotel employee
Actor Russell Crowe was arrested today for allegedly throwing a telephone at an employee of the Manhattan hotel where he was staying in New York, police said.
Crowe, 41, who plays a boxer in his latest film Cinderella Man, allegedly threw the phone at the Mercer Hotel employee, striking him in the face, during an argument at about 4.20am, said police spokesman Sgt. Mike Wysokowski.