D.A. Will Not Charge Orlando Bloom

Posted Oct 26th 2007 2:13PM by TMZ Staff

TMZ has learned that the L.A. County District Attorney will not file charges against actor Orlando Bloom over the accident he was involved in on October 12 that injured his two passengers.

In the D.A.'s Charge Evaluation Worksheet, the D.A. states that they are declining to prosecute the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star because of "insufficient evidence."

According to the document, Bloom "was being pursued by 4 vehicles containing paparazzi and one vehicle containing fans." Bloom "took evasive action resulting in a collision."

As for walking away, they say he "walked approximately 60 feet from the scene in an apparent attempt to avoid paparazzi's continued pursuit." They say "[Bloom] was not D.U.I. but was dazed."

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31. Big suprise there

Posted at 3:46PM on Oct 26th 2007 by www.sugar-shoes.co.uk

32. #29 - yes, paps have already killed 3 people. Princess Diana, Doti Fayed, and their driver. But it doesnt stop them

Posted at 3:49PM on Oct 26th 2007 by .......

33. no dui?! he was drinking bottles at a club just prior to this little crash... wow

Posted at 3:58PM on Oct 26th 2007 by faith

34.
" Of course there are no charges, he's a celebrity. Was anyone even expecting any?"

We do nothing but read about celebrity's charged with crimes here so a few are disappointed we didn't have one today, They will live.
It's feeding time at TMZ after all.
And no I didnt expect him to be charged because there was nothing to charge him with.

Posted at 4:02PM on Oct 26th 2007 by ARiver

35. Wow... It's kinda sad that so many people have so little faith in people.

The police used their best judgement at the scene and the cops decided that he didn't need to be given a field sobriety test. Also, didn't he go to the hospital? There's a good chance a blood test was run, especially if the doctors or nurses thought he was under the influence.

It seems people are bitter because they want celebrities to mess up and when there's not enough evidence to prove that they did, in fact, mess up people assume they "got away with it" because they're famous.

Also, technically he is a star of Pirates of the Caribbean... There can be than one star in a movie.

Posted at 4:05PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Sarah Darling

36. Oh well that's good because honestly the DA has more important things to do like locate and execute arsonists!!

Posted at 4:07PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Felicity

37. Just another celeb getting away with what the regular public cannot.

Posted at 4:12PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Mary

38. Oh well that's good because honestly the DA has more important things to do like locate and execute arsonists!!

Posted at 4:12PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Felicity

39. Arson yah.. some crimes should carry the death penalty even if no one dies.

Posted at 4:18PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Trey

40. Good, they made the right choice.

Film after the crash showed him with the police, with the 2 woman who were hurt. He showed concern for them, talking with them & the police.

Posted at 4:19PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Ms Kris

41. CORRUPTION. plain and simple.

Posted at 4:24PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Eric

42. What the hell is wrong with most of you people? Americans are the most bitter, evil, unrational people in the world. It makes me sad to even claim I'm an American. Do none of you remember 9/11? Do none of you remember the Iraq war? Our brothers and sisters are dying every single day and all you have is venom in your mouths that you spit on everyone, especially undeserving, innocent people. None of you seem to have the decency to realize this is a human being AND, if it was you in his situation, would you want people to say such horrible things about you? I would hope that if you were in the same situation, you would be treated kindly and, more importantly, FAIRLY.

Posted at 4:46PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Lexi

43. People, people, people! Whatever it is you send to someone, comes back to you three times three! It is a very simple law of nature, of the Universe, if you wish. Orlando Bloom is a human being, just like you # 4, he does not need to go back to UK as you ordered him to do, and these are not "our" or "your" streets for that matter, you are just a narrow minded, hateful, frustrated little person!

Posted at 4:48PM on Oct 26th 2007 by Gipsy princess

44. WHAT HE LEFT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AND THEY LET HIM GO WITH NO CHARGES??? WTF???

Posted at 4:52PM on Oct 26th 2007 by KAT SUTHERLAND

45. Orlando Bloom not presented an Academy Award. Insufficient talent.

Posted at 5:12PM on Oct 26th 2007 by celebs_suck

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