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Brian Hallisay, Jennifer Love Hewitt's Fiance, Gets Into Physical Altercation With Paparazzo (REPORT)

Jennifer Love Hewitt's Fiance Reportedly Assaults Paparazzo
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NEW YORK, NY - AUGUST 23: (L-R) Jennifer Love Hewitt and Brian Hallisay sighting on August 23, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Josiah Kamau/BuzzFoto/FilmMagic)

A paparazzo has reportedly filed battery charges against Jennifer Love Hewitt's fiance Brian Hallisay.

According to TMZ, Hallisay and a pregnant Hewitt were allegedly involved in a confrontation with the photographer after he tried to take their picture as they left Toscana restaurant in Brentwood, Calif., on Friday night (September 6). Sources say the couple told the cameraman to stop, but that he kept snapping away. That's when Hallisay got aggravated.

Insiders tell TMZ that the 34-year-old actor got into it with the paparazzo, who claims that his camera hit him in his face, near his eye, during the scuffle. Reportedly, Hewitt felt so terrible that she allowed photographers to take a few pictures before the expectant parents left.

But the story doesn't end there. According to law enforcement sources, the photographer went to the police station a few hours later and filed a battery report against Hallisay. Still, insiders say there was no visible injury to his face or eye.

Hewitt, 34, is expecting her first child with Hallisay in December.

This story is developing.

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Before You Go

Stars Who've Clashed With The Paps
Kris Jenner(01 of24)
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Just this week, Kim Kardashian posted a video of Jenner chasing a paparazzo who broke into their home, possibly in an attempt to get a first shot of baby North. (credit:Getty Images)
Kristen Stewart(02 of24)
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Also this week, KStew was caught on video telling off a photographer. "Why are you saying f**k off?" asked the pap, and KStew -- who hid behind a gate the entire time -- replied angrily: "Because you're a piece of s*it. You don't deserve to breathe the same air I do." "Who is a piece of s*it?" the pap continued. "You are, you f**k face," KStew retorted. (credit:AP)
Kanye West(03 of24)
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Earlier this month, West allegedly attacked a paparazzo at LAX after saying "I told you 'Don't talk to me,' right? What you're trying to do is get me in trouble..." West might face felony charges for attempted robbery in this incident, involving his handling of the pap's camera equipment. Back in 2008, West was arrested for felony vandalism at the same airport after he allegedly smashed a paparazzo's camera. (credit:AP)
Lamar Odom(04 of24)
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Earlier this month, Odom lost it on the paps when they asked him one too many questions about cheating on his wife, Khloe Kardashian. Odom opened the paparazzo's car door and tossed his gear into the middle of the street. He then collected the items and put them into the trunk of his own car. He also smashed another paparazzo's car with a metal bar. (credit:Getty Images)
Miley Cyrus(05 of24)
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Last month, Cyrus was spotted leaving her doctor's office in Beverly Hills. When a paparazzo asked her if she's pregnant, Cyrus got defensive and lashed out, saying "No, I'm f*cking sick, you b*tch!" In 2011, Miley lost it on a pap who waited for her outside her gym. She was photographed hitting him. (credit:AP)
Justin Bieber(06 of24)
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Back in March, Bieber was seen lunging at photographers to the point where he had to be restrained by his own bodyguard. A video of the incident shows Bieber was being provoked and in response yelled "I'll f**king beat the f**k out of you." A year before, Bieber got into a physical altercation with a photographer who tried to get too close to him and his girlfriend at the time, Selena Gomez. (credit:Getty Images)
Rob Kardashian(07 of24)
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Rob Kardashian has reportedly been charged with battery and petty theft after allegedly attacking a photographer and stealing her camera this past March. The pap claimed Kardashian stole her camera equipment outside a West Hollywood gym because she attempted to take shirtless photos of him. One year prior, Rob was involved in another incident with a paparazzo, this time in Miami. Rob chased a pap who snapped photos of him with a female friend. Cops got involved, but Rob was not arrested and was soon released. (credit:Getty Images)
Jude Law(08 of24)
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In 2009, Law allegedly hit a female pap in the face as she snapped his photo coming out of a London restaurant late at night. "I still can't believe Jude Law actually hit me. It was deliberate, you could see it in his face," she said afterwards. "He hit me full in the face. It was a real stinger. I was very sore." Law's rep issued a statement in return saying "Jude was blinded by the camera flashes when he left the restaurant, raised his hand to shield himself and inadvertently struck somebody standing very close. He apologized and left. Pictures of this sort can be misleading." (credit:Getty Images)
Sienna Miller(09 of24)
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In 2008, Miller took a swing at a photographer with her handbag at LAX and cursed him out. No one was hurt. (credit:Getty Images)
Britney Spears(10 of24)
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The singer famously attacked a paparazzo's car with an umbrella outside Kevin Federline's home in 2007. Four months later, Brit issued an apology on her website: "I was preparing my character for a role in a movie where the husband never plays his part so they switch places accidentally. I take all my roles very seriously and got a little carried away. Unfortunately I didn't get the part." (credit:Getty Images)
Woody Harrelson(11 of24)
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In 2006, Harrelson supposedly choked a paparazzo outside a Hollywood nightclub. When reported to the police, no action ensued. (credit:AP)
Bjork(12 of24)
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In 1996, Bjork attacked a reporter at an airport, and the incident was caught on camera. In 2008, the singer attacked a paparazzo at a New Zealand airport and ripped his shirt. (credit:AP)
Sean Penn(13 of24)
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Penn is notoriously anti-paparazzi. In 1986, the actor found a photographer hiding in his hotel bedroom and allegedly dangled him from the room's balcony. He was charged with attempted murder but all charges stemming from his arrest were later dropped. In 2009, Penn "kicked and punched [a paparazzo] without provocation. He also berated the photog with obscenities and shouted that he would 'put you in a box' before going back to his house." (credit:AP)
Paris Hilton(14 of24)
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In 2012, the socialite got caught in the middle of a paparazzi fight inside an LA parking garage. Hilton and pal Brandon Davis were leaving a nightclub when a man in their group tried to pry a photographer's camera out of his hands. Witnesses told reporters that the photographer then tried to hit the man with his camera. Hilton was knocked down into a wall, but wasn't hurt. (credit:Getty Images)
Cameron Diaz(15 of24)
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In 2004, while dating Justin Timberlake, Diaz was photographed grabbing a paparazzo's camera and trying to run off with it. (credit:AP)
Chris Martin(16 of24)
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In 2003 in Australia, Martin smashed a paparazzo's windshield and slashed his tires. He was arrested but the charges were dropped. In 2008 in LA, Martin defended his wife Gwyneth Paltrow as she came out of her doctor's office. When the paps wouldn't cease the personal questions, Martin tossed one pap to the ground, grabbed his camera but eventually returned it. (credit:AP)
Hugh Grant(17 of24)
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In 2009, the actor was trying to leave celebrity hotspot the Waverly Inn when he got into an altercation with a pap, allegedly kicking the cameraman in the groin. In 2007, Grant was arrested for an attack on a paparazzo in London, where the actor threw a container of baked beans at the guy, who also alleged Grant kicked him and stated he hopes his children die of cancer. Those charges were eventually dropped. (credit:Getty Images)
Gerard Butler(18 of24)
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Butler was charged with misdemeanor criminal battery over an incident involving a paparazzo in 2008. The photographer was allegedly trailing the actor's limo for hours, and verbally harassing him whenever he got in and out of the car. Butler was said to have then punched the pap several times, leaving him with a bloodied lip. The charges against the actor were eventually dropped. (credit:Getty Images)
Russell Brand(19 of24)
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In 2012, the comedian was arrested after allegedly stealing a photographer's iPhone and tossing it through a window. The incident took place in New Orleans, and Brand reportedly approached the photog in his car, grabbed the phone and threw it through a window of a nearby building. In 2010, Brand was arrested for battery after he pushed a pap at LAX who allegedly tried to take an upskirt photo of then-fiancee Katy Perry. (credit:Getty Images)
Shia LaBeouf(20 of24)
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In 2010, LaBeouf tossed his coffee at a camera guy in Washington D.C. He then quickly ran away. (credit:AP)
Alec Baldwin(21 of24)
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In 2012, the actor allegedly punched a New York Daily News photographer as he was leaving the city Marriage License Bureau with his then-fiancee, Hilaria Thomas. The pap claimed photographers stepped back to give the actor space, but Baldwin lunged at them. "I knew he was going to attack me. I stepped back, and he kept coming," the photog told the paper. He later filed an assault complaint with the NYPD. (credit:Getty Images)
Lindsay Lohan(22 of24)
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LiLo "accidentally" punched a paparazzo in New York in 2008. The actress was making her way into a hotel when she mistakenly thought a member of the paparazzi had deliberately tripped her, so she took a swing at his nose. Lohan was on the phone at the time and was overheard saying "Oh my God, I just hit a paparazzi" right after. (credit:AP)
Evan Rachel Wood(23 of24)
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Wood did not engage in violence towards the paps but rather went on a Twitter tirade after one of them waited for her outside the hospital while she was pregnant. "Which sick f**k paparazzi hid in the parking lot of my hospital after my ultrasound. I cant stand this [sic]," wrote Wood in February. "I have never been more violated by a photographer. Thats the inside of my body and my child. Would u like my soul too? nothing is sacred." (credit:Getty Images)
Daniel Craig(24 of24)
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Mr 007 actually lost his cool on a fan recently, not a professional paparazzo, who tried to snap his pic. The fan reportedly took out his phone to grab either a photo or a video of Craig and his wife Rachel Weisz when Craig yelled "Is watching me food shopping with my wife really all that interesting to you?" and grabbed the phone out of the fan's hand. Lucky for him and luckier for the fan, Weisz kept her cool and stepped in to calm her husband down. (credit:AP)
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