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Jake Gyllenhaal -- Battery Included!

Posted Jan 28th 2009 3:15AM by TMZ Staff

Jake GyllenhaalJake Gyllenhaal has more important things to do today than Reese Witherspoon -- he's a prospective juror in a misdemeanor battery case in an L.A. courtroom.

Jake is in there right now.

This morning Jake was sitting in a corner in the jury assembly room with his head down, wearing a solid dark ball cap, a blue jacket and a backpack ... not realizing he's way too famous to go incognito.

So far, he hasn't been picked. We're there. We'll let you know.

Jake was just told to take his hat off inside the courtroom.

UPDATE: Jake has finally been excused for the day -- but he hasn't been excused from the case.

While inside the courtroom, Jake was allowed to go through voir dire (the juror questioning process) in a private room.

He'll be back today to find out if he's been selected as a juror.

Stay tuned!

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1. oh please keep me updated on him through out the the day.....I need to know if he'll be on the jury on my case on thursday

Posted at 8:57AM on Jan 28th 2009 by 99centz

2. Finally, someone responsible enough to try not to con their way out of jury duty. I'm assuming he'll eventually be dismissed, but at least he tried to show up and take responsibility. After all, he didn't just come up with a lame excuse, like, "I'm too famous for this," and throw a huge hissy fit over it all.

Posted at 9:02AM on Jan 28th 2009 by Proud of the Lil Jakers

3. Why do men spit on the street. It is disgusting. Why should everyone else have to walk around in your spit and phlegm. Also, it is a major turn off, doesn't matter how sexy a guy is. If a woman did this, you'd be all over her for it.

Posted at 12:02PM on Jan 28th 2009 by Gross

4. Why does he have a backpack? Did he hike there?

Posted at 12:15PM on Jan 28th 2009 by KAM

5. i was in jury duty with jake!!! i cant believe it, my first time on jury duty and to be in the same group panel with a celebrity like him was just totally cool! he had a backpack (like other jurors did) because he had stuff in there like a book and snacks im sure...plus the hike up and down the hill in down la feels like your going on a hike! haha better then him holding a man bag right? lol i was excused from the case, always next year but this was memorable to be with a celebrity how awesome is that? haha that just goes to show celebrities are human too....hes doing his part as a citizen as we all should regardless of our social status.

Posted at 3:46PM on Jan 29th 2009 by roxygrl78

6. Why does he spit? Why does he have a backpack? Maybe he had a bad taste in his mouth. Maybe he knew he was going to court and knew he would be there a while, so he brought stuff to entertain him. Why is this news? Millions of people wear backpacks or carry bags or purses, its not unusual.

Posted at 7:51PM on Jan 28th 2009 by clancey

7. TMZ vidog: he spit at you. he was spitting at you! because you're an asshole. he did have a bad taste in his mouth, and it was you. personally, i'd have spit ON you. at the least.

Posted at 12:36AM on Jan 29th 2009 by fuqindieassholes

8. TMZ is behind the curve. J Jared has pictures of Reese looking pregnant. You think Jakey has been "up" to something?

Posted at 6:22AM on Feb 8th 2009 by Hal