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I Didn't Provoke Sutherland: Headbutt Victim

Kiefer's target not sure what he did to earn headbutt

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted May 6, 2009 4:40 PM CDT

(Newser) – Jack McCollough has no idea why Kiefer Sutherland head-butted him Monday night, People reports. “Anyone who knows Jack McCollough knows that he would not hurt a fly,” a spokesman for the fashion designer said today, calling the attack “unprovoked.” Reports vary on the fight, with McCollough allegedly bumping Brooke Shields or interrupting a conversation between Shields and Sutherland to earn the tête-à-tête.

Other reports say McCollough did nothing at all: “Jack walked into the party and tried to order a drink, and then the next thing he knew, he got headbutted for no identifiable reason,” an anonymous partygoer said. “Jack did nothing other than walk into a party. He did not bump into Brooke. It’s just puzzling.”

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Kiefer Sutherland arrives at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, Jan. 25, 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Designer Jack McCollough is shown at the 2007 CFDA Fashion Awards in New York. (AP Photo)

Actor Kiefer Sutherland is seen in a file photo. (Getty Images)

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All we can say at this point is that he was the victim of a vicious, violent, unprovoked assault and that the matter is in the hands of the authorities. - A rep for fashion designer
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I Didn't Provoke Sutherland: Headbutt Victim