Lily Allen

Lily Allen looks like she could be in quiet some trouble after an alleged violent assault on a photographer.

It is claimed the incident left Kevin Rush with a bleeding and bruised nose after Allen’s gold sovereign ring cut into his face, leaving an imprint.

The incident took place in March after Allen left a party she was hosting at The Wardour club in London.

As she walked to the nearby Groucho club - a favorite haunt of her father’s - she suddenly turned on Mr Rush, who was standing among a group of photographers.

She is alleged to have lunged forward and hit him in the face, leaving him reeling.

Mr Rush, 47, said yesterday: “She hit me even though I had put my camera down. I turned to the right and she hit me in the face.

“She was saying to us beforehand: ‘You all want me to do something, don’t you?’ and she attacked me after that.

“My nose was bleeding but I didn’t realise until someone pointed it out. I was just so stunned, I could not believe it.

“I could not understand why she thought she should be allowed to do that. If I had punched someone I would be in trouble so why shouldn’t a celebrity?”

Mr Rush, of Suffolk, called police after the incident but Allen had already disappeared with her boyfriend Seb Chew.

Police have now sent a letter to Lily Allen’s home address demanding she attend the local police station to be quizzed about the allegations.

If she does not respond within a week, she could be arrested at home.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: “Inquiries are still continuing.”

The alleged assault is not the first of its kind. Allen was happy to smile and pose for photographers when the Brits awards took place earlier this year - but when she missed out on a top prize, she took off her stiletto and attacked a photographer as she left empty-handed.

Yesterday New Look insisted her contract would be unaffected by the police investigation.

A spokeswoman said: “We had a one-off contract. She does not permanently work for New Look but was involved in a one-off collaboration which we are delighted with.”
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