Actor Danny Trejo fights man’ who allegedly hurled water balloon at him during LA Fourth of July parade
Don’t mess with Machete!
Actor Danny Trejo punched a Fourth of July paradegoer who allegedly threw a water balloon on the “Machete” star’s classic convertible, igniting an all-out brawl through the LA parade route.
The southern California beat-down occurred throughout Thursday’s Independence Day Parade within the LA neighborhood Sunland-Tujunga, according to ABC 7 Los Angeles.
The 80-year-old actor was stopped alongside the parade route in his child blue Corvette when a water balloon was launched on the windshield, video obtained by the outlet exhibits.
Trejo, wearing a long-sleeved white shirt and black pants, jumped out of the traditional automobile and threw a punch on the man who was suspected of throwing the water balloon.
Nonetheless, the “Spy Youngsters” actor’s punch missed the person donning a tank prime and backward hat, and Trejo is pushed to the pavement.
It’s not instantly identified who else was inside Trejo’s automobile, however the video confirmed two babies being pulled away from the car.
A big brawl then exploded between the suspect and others who jumped into the chaos.
The alleged water balloon thrower hurled a number of punches at a second man earlier than others pounced on him because the scuffle moved onto the sidewalk the place spectators had been set as much as watch the parade.
Within the video, Trejo is seen getting up from the bottom, grabbing a inexperienced foldable chair, and tossing it into the rambunctious brawlers.
A lady then rushes up behind the actor and holds him again earlier than others come to assist restrain him.
In the course of the insanity, parade-goers may be heard pleading with the actor and brawlers to cease as a result of youngsters are round.
The melee, which lasted about 30 seconds, was finally damaged up by bystanders.
Police say they obtained a report a couple of struggle alongside the parade route, however the crowd dispersed when officers arrived, in line with TMZ.
Nobody was arrested.
Trejo instructed TMZ that the water balloon being chucked at his Corvette was “infantile” and that individuals who threw it at him had been “cowards.”
The outlet reported that these accused of throwing the balloons had been round 30 years outdated.
The 80-year-old actor mentioned she was not harm through the altercation.
The struggle comes simply days after the Los Angeles native announced the dying of his 16-year-old chihuahua, Dixie.
Trejo — who has openly spoken about his past drug addiction and his time locked up within the notoriously harmful San Quentin State Jail — turned sober in 1968 and was launched from jail the next yr earlier than beginning his decades-long performing profession.
Since touchdown his first performing position in 1985’s “Runaway Practice,” Trejo has appeared in over 400 motion pictures and tv exhibits, in line with the star’s IMDb page.
