Blunt avoids driving charge
Singer James Blunt will not be charged in connection with a claim that he drove over someone’s foot while leaving a party in February, Los Angeles city attorney’s office said today.
“After review of the information provided, we’ve decided not to file charges at this time,” city attorney’s spokesman Frank Mateljan said.
Police investigated a man’s claim that he was injured at a Bel-Air Estates bash on February 24. Some witnesses reported that the singer was driving the car, police said.
Calls and an e-mail to Blunt’s publicist Sheila Richman were not immediately returned.
Richman released a statement in February saying that Blunt and his car were “swarmed by paparazzi” and that he was “trying to navigate his car through all of the people” at 2mph (3kph).
Blunt received Grammy nominations this year for song and record of the year.
