Posted on 01/24/2006 7:05:04 AM PST by Millee
A college student claims actor Joe Pesci punched him in the mouth for taking a picture of him in a parking lot in Boca Raton.
According to an incident report filed Sunday, Juan Carlos Montenegro told authorities he saw Pesci in the parking lot outside of a Circuit City on West Glades Road and approached the actor to tell him how big of a fan he is. Montenegro, 24, said Pesci shook hands with him.
Montenegro told police that he then went inside the Circuit City to buy a camera. When he returned to the parking lot, Montenegro said he approached Pesci again and asked him if could take a picture with him. When Pesci refused, Montenegro told police he followed Pesci through the parking lot and continued to ask for a picture.
The incident report said that when Pesci turned around to face the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., student, Montenegro took a picture of Pesci. That's when Montenegro said that Pesci hit him.
Montenegro told Pesci that that he shouldn’t have hit him, and Pesci responded by saying, "You shouldn't have been interrupting my business," the incident report said.
Police said Montenegro's lip was slightly swollen and his camera was being held for evidence, according to the incident report.
Pesci won an Academy Award in 1990 for best supporting actor in "Goodfellas" and was nominated 10 years earlier for best supporting actor for his performance as Jake LaMotta's brother in "Raging Bull."
That Goodfellas lost the Oscar for Best Picture to Dances with Wolves and Scorsese lost Best Director to Kevin Costner for the same film is one of the greatest injustices of the Academy Awards.
I didn't know that. There is no chance that Wolves was even in the same league as Goodfellas.
I guess they should have made Henry Hill's mistress a man, then it would have sweeped the Oscars as the greatest love story of all time.
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