Brad Pitt broke silence on red carpet incident at the “Maleficent” premiere which took place on Wednesday, May 28. In a statement to PEOPLE, Pitt recalled the moments when an Ukrainian “nutter” Vitalii Sediuk approached him when he was signing autographs for fans.
Pitt was not injured following the incident, but a previous report suggested his glasses got broken. Sediuk, who previously targeted Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio and America Ferrera at other events, was ordered to stay away from Pitt and Angelina Jolie, do community service, undergo psychological counseling for one year, pay a fine, and was put on a 36-month probation.
Before Pitt released his statement, the former TV journalist also opened up about the red carpet incident, saying that reports of him punching the “12 Years a Slave” star were not true and that he was just trying to hug the actor. “I never hit, I never punched, I never slapped Brad Pitt in the face. This is absolutely false information,” he said, as reported by The Associated Press. “It is something that hurts not only me, but also my family.”
“I’m a normal guy. I’m not crazy,” the Ukrainian man said, adding that the red carpet prank was just “for fun.”
