Orlando Bloom Being Investigated By LAPD
The saga continues.
Apparently, Orlando Bloom is now actively under investigation by the LAPD for a possible hit and run:
The Los Angeles Police Department is looking into the possibility movie actor Orlando Bloom committed a hit-and-run last week, TMZ.com said Tuesday. [...] Fashion stylist Cher Coulter, who was sitting in the backseat of the car Bloom was driving, suffered a fractured neck when he allegedly crashed the car into a parked Porsche.He then began walking away from the scene, TMZ.com said, noting X17 has video of paparazzi repeatedly urging Bloom to return to the scene, which he finally did.During an interview with police, Bloom said an SUV with paparazzi cut him off and caused the crash.The LAPD said they are investigating that possibility as well.
Bloom was not given a field sobriety test following the accident.
When asked why, one detective said the decision whether to administer one is an officer’s subjective judgment call.
TMZ.com said Bloom’s representatives did not respond to its request for a comment.
Perhaps it was the friendly officer shaking hands with Orlando who made the “subjective judgment call”.
Also, the man with whom Orlando had heated words with at the club is speaking out on what happened there:
Damon Kidwell, 36, said he had a furious row with the 30-year-old actor who fled in his Toyota with two women then plowed into a parked Porsche.
The fashion photographer claimed he snapped when Bloom “made a move” on former lover Veronica Taylor.
He said: “I’m not going to say what he did but she told me, so I told him if he ever spoke to her again I would f****** beat him up. He wasn’t behaving like an English gent.
“Photographers surrounded us and that’s what saved his bacon.”
According to legal-explanatons.com, the definition of hit-and-run is as follows:
Hit And Run is the situation where a driver instrumental to an accident escape the scene of accident without giving his identity to the affected persons or law enforcing officers with an intention to avoid claim for damage and punishments.
Hit and run can be serious business for a driver:
Leaving the scene of an accident (hit and run) is a serious offense. In many states, it carries enough points to result in a revocation of your driving privileges. It also carries a possible fine and jail sentence.
Does anyone know if Orlando is legal to drive in California?
While technically Orlando did return to the accident scene, he DID attempt to leave. He was not disoriented or stunned or going into shock. He made a conscious decision to get out of that car and leave his passengers, one of whom had a fractured neck and was bleeding, alone to face the music. Is this atypical behavior for him? According to many, it is. He is known as a generally good-natured guy. Therefore, why would he attempt to walk off? Was his thinking already impaired in some way? Could a standard field sobriety test have straightened this out?
I personally believe that there were many factors which caused this accident. He could very well have been cut off by a vehicle, which could or could not have been a paparazzi vehicle. There are reports of him drinking at the club, although they differ as to whether he was drunk or just mildly inebriated or completely sober.
There are reports of erratic driving both by the brunette in the car and by Orlando himself. You can see on video taken beforehand that he and the two women were acting somewhat tipsy and giggly, and Orlando himself got into a bit of a verbal altercation with another club-goer (just because two men shake hands does not mean that the hard feelings are resolved….check out what the girl says to him as she gets in the front seat of the car). And, as you see on the video, Orlando leaves the scene of the accident and does not return until a photographer urges him to.
IF a paparazzi vehicle caused this accident, then they need to be punished. IF indeed Orlando was not in total control of himself that night, due to even one drink, and he crashed his car and attempted to walk away from it, leaving injured people in the back, then there should be NO “celebrity justice”. I have a feeling, however, that there is more to it than just one cut-and-dried cause. I believe that several small decisions made by Orlando and others culminated in this event.
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