Perez Gets Black Eye From Peas' Manager

Police Charged Black Eyed Peas Tour Manager With Assault After He Allegedly Punched The Celeb Blogger

(AP)  Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly punched celebrity blogger Perez Hilton outside a Toronto nightclub.

Hilton said he got into an argument with band members Fergie and will.i.am at the Cobra nightclub early Monday morning and was punched outside by Polo Molina, the band's tour manager. They were at the club following a Sunday night video awards show.

Molina turned himself in and has been charged with assaulting Hilton, Toronto Police Constable Tony Vella said. Molina is due in court Aug. 5.

Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, complained about the incident on the microblogging site Twitter. He tweeted at 4 a.m.: "I am bleeding. Please, I need to file a police report. No joke."

Hilton, who is openly gay, said in interview with The Associated Press that he called will.i.am a "faggot," a gay slur, inside the club after the musician told the blogger not to write about his band on his Web site.

"He was like 'You need to respect me.' He was in my face. He was obviously trying to intimidate me and scare me," Hilton said. "I was like 'I don't need to respect you. I don't respect you and I did say this, and I knew that it would be the worst thing I could possibly say to him because he was acting the way he was. I said 'You know what, I don't respect you and you're gay and stop being such a faggot."'

Will.i.am said in a video posting on dipdive.com that he came to Hilton with respect and was called a "faggot."

Hilton, who was at the club with Lady Gaga, said he then left the club and was punched from behind. The pop stars and the blogger were among celebrities in Toronto for the MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday night.

A spokeswoman for the Black Eyed Peas declined comment.

[mellie1957]

will.i.am is my new hero !!! Perez deserved what she got !!!

[lawgal1]

Peres is a little hate monger. While I don't condone violence, there are such things as fighting words. Maybe the little twit will THINK before he opens his vile mouth and spews more hate. I would say that his issues are his own.

Frankly, I am disgusted that the news is even carrying this story.

[mtcolquitt]

Hit him/her again. he/she cried like a baby. And for him/her to call someone else a "fmaggot" when he's the biggest one ever... come on!

[rational_1]

Oh so it's not okay for Miss CA to express her opinion that marriage is between a man and a woman but it is okay to call someone a ******? What a self-righteous hypocrite. Just imagine how proud his parents must be - "my son the celebrity blogger". LOL

[krauq]

three questions

1. Why did Perez Hilton twitter the cops? She could have gotten to a phone just as easily.

2. How did she get a black eye from a punch IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD??!?

3. Does she realize nobody likes her anymore?

[dwilson59]

I cant stop laughing, I wonder if he screamed like a little girl? I got 2 to 1 Miss CA could kick his ass

[rusenseless]

Thank God! I don't support assault, but I make an exception in this case. Too bad it was to his fat mouth. Think of the irony. Black Eyed Peas give him a Black Eye. I call for an encore!

[displeased]

I'm surprised the manager was able to hold back with only one punch.

[mutnauq4842]

Sounds as if Perez got byotch slapped. Now what could such a moral, upstanding,example of hu"man"ity have said to incite such a reaction. Not that Perez has a reputation for using obscene language towards celebrities.