SAG HARBOR, NY - OCTOBER 06: HIFF co-chairman Alec Baldwin speaks on stage during the Conversation with Emilio Estevez at Bay Street Theater during Hamptons
NEW YORK, NY - Alec Baldwin answered assault and harassment charges in a New York court after being accused of striking a man in the face over a parking space.
The actor was arraigned Monday on the misdemeanor and violation-level charges. He has said any assertion that he punched anyone over a parking spot is false.
Baldwin was arrested on Nov. 2. Police were told a driver pulled into a Manhattan parking space that one of Baldwin's relatives was holding for him, and the two men started quarreling and pushing each other.
The other driver told police Baldwin punched or slapped him. The 49-year-old man was taken to a hospital complaining of jaw pain and redness around his neck.
Baldwin later tweeted the episode was "egregiously misstated."