Paz de la Huerta was arrested for being a drunken, violent mess
The poster girl for sobriety and class was arrested last night. Beloved wackadoodle Paz de la Huerta, currently starring in Boardwalk Empire, was arrested for… assault, I guess. She threw a glass at some chick at The Standard Hotel in NYC. Oh, Paz also punched the chick in the face. The chick was a friend of Lindsay Lohan’s, and Lindsay was a witness to the incident, if you can believe that. Anyway, it basically went down like your standard-issue drunken bar fight:
“Boardwalk Empire” star Paz de la Huerta was arrested last night after she allegedly threw a glass at former “City” star Samantha Swetra at an NYC party on Sunday … and then socked her in the face.
Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ, it all went down at The Standard hotel — after Paz and Samantha got into it over Samantha’s male friend … we’re told Paz was hitting on him and Sam got defensive.
Eyewitnesses tell us de la Huerta put the de la hurt-a on Swetra at the Top of the Standard nightclub after the model – who was a cast member of MTV’s “The City” – made a joke about the “Boardwalk Empire” actress’ sobriety.
One insider says de la Huerta, who plays Nucky Thompson’s hot-tempered girlfriend Lucy Danziger in the HBO series, approached Swetra’s table “after 3 a.m.” where she was with a group of friends that included Lindsay Lohan (who was staying at the hotel that night).
Swetra and de la Huerta had not met before Sunday, a second source tells us, but that didn’t stop the NYC-born actress from flirting with one of Swetra’s male pals. That’s when, our first source adds, de la Huerta suddenly lost her footing and went crashing into an adjacent table.
After taking in the unexpected pratfall – which, our source adds, resulted in one of de la Huerta’s breasts “hanging out of her dress”- an amused Swetra yelled out “triple axel!”
The gibe sent de la Huerta into a rage and she threw a drink glass at Swetra’s leg and took a swing at the model’s face, the source says.
De la Huerta’s aim is apparently as good as her acting on “Boardwalk Empire.” According to our source, the actress’ fist connected squarely with Swetra’s lips and nose.
The glass, which shattered, also did some damage. “Blood was dripping down [Swetra’s] leg,” the source tells us. “Lindsay was pulling shards of glass off of it.”
The source tells us de la Huerta was escorted out of the Meatpacking District club “by the arm” following the incident.
Swetra and Lohan, both looking “horrified,” soon followed, presumably to return to LiLo’s room in a separate part of the hotel.
Things have been looking darker for Swetra since her encounter with Paz de la Horror – literally.
Sources who saw the 26-year-old former Bergdorf Goodman buyer at an event at Kenneth Cole Productions on W. 50th St. say Swetra has facial bruises and a swollen lip
Samantha filed a police report this morning with her attorney Stephanie Ovadia (Seen Above).
Paz received a desk appearance ticket and is due back in court on April 18.
Hearing that Lindsay Lohan was friends with the girl who got her ass handed to her makes me think that there’s something more to this tale. But for now, I’ll take this story at face value. Paz was wasted and falling all over the place, and trying to seduce one of the dudes with Samantha and Lindsay (probably one of Lindsay’s paying customers). Worried that they would lose one of their johns to a girl who gives it away for free, Samantha said something bitchy, and Paz responded with a glass and her fist. Well, that’ll show those girls. Don’t say nasty things to a drunk girl with no inhibitions or moral center, because she will mess your junk up.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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