Airport employee allegedly assaulted by Olivier Martinez was ‘amateur photographer snapping him and wife Halle Berry’ as they made their way through scuffle at LAX
suspect in a battery investigation after allegedly pushing an LAX airport employee last night, TMZ reports.
However, today TMZ reports that the employee was acting as a ‘amateur paparazzi’ who was taking pictures of Martinez and his wife Halle Berry, as they made their way through the Tom Bradley International Terminal on Sunday.
In video footage of the scuffle, Martinez, 48, is seen holding up an empty child car seat to use a barricade between himself and photographers.
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Pictured: The moment Olivier Martinez is seen holding up an empty car seat towards an airport employee who had been taking photos of the actor and his wife Halle Berry, at LAX on Sunday
As they come through a set of double doors, the airport employee is seen holding up a cameraphone taking pictures of Martinez, before falling to the ground after he collides with the car seat.
Martinez was standing in front of his wife Berry, who was holding their one-year-old son Maceo, and her six-year-old daughter Nahla as they walked through the crowds.
TMZ report that amid the scuffle an airport employee was pushed to the ground, after Martinez allegedly shoved an empty car seat towards him, making him fall backwards, at around 13:45 on Sunday afternoon.
Olivier Martinez loses his cool and assaults LAX employee
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To the ground: The airport employee is seen fallen over a wheelchair after the alleged altercation
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Snap happy: The employee was seen holding a camera, and was caught on video taking pictures of Martinez and his wife Halle Berry
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Hurt: after the incident, the airport employee went to hospital where he filed a police report
The employee is then said to have been taken to a hospital where he complained of abdominal pains.
He has now filed a battery report against the French actor.
The family had just arrived back from a Christmas trip to Paris.
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Pictured: Olivier Martinez arrives at LAX where he allegedly pushed an airport employee, seen with wife Halle Berry and her six-year-old daughter Nahla
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After the alleged incident: The airport employee is seen walking through Tom Bradley International Terminal on Sunday
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Scuffle: The alleged altercation took place at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at 13:45, Sunday afternoon
Martinez married Berry at a ceremony held at Chateau des Conde in Vallery, France in July last year.
The pair began dating in 2024 after meeting on the set of ‘Dark Tide’ and announced their engagement in March 2024.
MailOnline have reached out to representatives for Martinez who have so far been unavailable for comment.
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