Russell Brand arrested after scuffle at LA airport

British comedian-turned Hollywood star Russell Brand was arrested after allegedly attacking a photographer at Los Angeles airport, police said.

Brand was arriving with his fiancee singer Katy Perry when the altercation erupted Friday, amid a scrum of photographers and cameramen jostling to take pictures of the star couple.

The photographer who was allegedly struck made a citizen's arrest of the star, before airport police arrived and detained him.

"About 1:50 pm today, Los Angeles Airport Police responded to Terminal 5 to a report of a battery involving a celebrity and a commercial photographer," said a statement by the airport police force.

"The victim involved placed the suspect (Russell Brand) under private person's arrest. Airport police took the suspect into custody for Penal Code Section 242 -- battery," it added.

He was taken to a nearby police station to be booked, the statement added. Some two hours later he was released on $20,000 bail.

A court hearing was scheduled for October 15, although it was unclear if Brand will have to appear personally.

Video footage of the incident on the TMZ celebrity news agency website showed Brand and Perry being surrounded by a scrum of photographers and cameramen.

Brand -- wearing a black T-shirt saying "God, come on give me a break" -- pushed one of them away and later has a verbal altercation with the same photographer.

The hirsute star achieved infamy in Britain when he and fellow celebrity DJ Jonathan Ross were sanctioned by the BBC after making a lurid prank on-air phone call to veteran actor, Andrew Sachs.

While Ross was suspended, Brand resigned and has since made a growing name for himself in Hollywood, in films including "Forgetting Sarah Marshall and "Get Him to the Greek."

Long a notorious womanizer, he surprised many by proposing marriage last year to LA-based pop singer Perry, famous for hits including "I Kissed a Girl" and more recently "California Gurls."

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