Allen Covert Arrested

Allen Covert was arrested on the set of his latest Adam Sandler collaboration after he got into an altercation with a photographer. Covert was arrested by the LAPD at around 6:00 PM PT on the set of Bedtime Stories. He was charged with battery and was eventually released.

The paparazzi was on the sidewalk outside the high school they were filming at. Covert argued with him, spit on him, and tried to slap the camera out of hand. The sidewalk is a public area, so the paparazzi have every right to be there, even with cameras.

Adam Sandler was on the set at the time with his daughter. Guy Pearce and Courteney Cox-Arquette, who also star in the movie, were also there as well, and saw the whole thing go down.

Celebrities are just going to have to get used to life with the paparazzi around. As long as the paparazzi aren’t breaking the law, they have every legal right to do what they do.

Update: Covert was upset because he thought the photographer was filming his kid, which still doesn’t give him the right to assault another person on a public sidewalk, that’s a job for police.