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Alec Baldwin files police complaint after snapper clash

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"30 Rock" actor Alec Baldwin has filed a police complaint against a photographer following a clash. The 54-year-old scuffled with New York Post staff snapper GN Miller near the Greenwich Village yoga studio, owned by his pregnant wife, Hilaria Thomas. Police officers were called to the scene and both men filed complaints, reported Daily Express. Baldwin also turned to his Twitter page to give his side of the story, saying, "Thank you to NYPD officers who came to my home today so that I could file a formal complaint against NY Post 'photographer' who assaulted me." "I wonder what outrageous claims the Post will make regarding the 'photographer' I filed an NYPD complaint against today... My publicist has just informed me that the 'photographer' from the Post is claiming I called him a racial epithet, prior to calling the cops. That's kind of magical thinking, isn't it? The Post accusing me of racism? Why did the photographer make no mention of this when the cops showed up? Cops make rather good witnesses." In his police statement, Miller claims the actor pushed him in the chest during their confrontation and called him a "drug dealer" but Baldwin's spokesperson, Matthew Hiltzik, has branded the allegations "completely false".

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First Published: Feb 19 2013 | 12:00 AM IST

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