Celebrity Justice
The Man Who Allegedly Punched Perez

Many have probably thought about it -- but this is the guy accused of actually doing it.

Polo Marino

TMZ has obtained the mugshot of Polo Marino -- the manager of the Black Eyed Peas who was arrested for allegedly punching blogger Perez Hilton after the MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on Sunday night.

Launch PhotosMarino, who is on probation stemming from a DUI arrest in California, could spend six months in jail if the D.A. in Orange County moves to violate his probation.



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31. Thank you Polo! It's such a turn on knowing you punched that a**hole. LOL. Perez/Mario is a f***ing parasite. He makes money by making people feel worse about themselves and (sometimes) ruining their lives. My problem with this situation is that you didn't hit him in the MOUTH because he's a TALKER.
Mario/Perez took a gamble and RAN HIS MOUTH (to the wrong people it turns out) and he got punished for it. He can't then throw himself on the ALTAR of FREE SPEECH for MERCY.
Stay strong Polo, my man!

Posted at 3:15AM on Jun 25th 2009 by BrownSugar

32. I can't believe that there are actually people who would wish people to get hurt. I am appalled by the attitudes of the posters here that would wish physical injuries to other people. Wether Perez is wrong or not is not an excuse for people to wish what has happened to him. I have a feeling that people who posted there grudge on perez has something to do with the Miss California USA issue. Oh well, if you guys cannot accept the fact that this is his way of life, criticizing people on his blog, then you all have issues about freedom of speech. You all say that you are all entitled to freedom of speech, but you are all hypocrites that will only acknowledge it if what was said, was in your favor.

I honestly think, both sides made a mistake. Perez calling somebody fugly and his attacker f****t is truly unacceptable, and the attacker, Polo Molino has no absolute right to punch him just because he criticized their album. Molino should go to jail and fined for what he did, and Perez should do community service to the gay community for slandering them by way of using the fag word. His word will simply justify hatred and show violence as a solution, which is never right. The gay communities everywhere always fought against violence for everyone, not just for the gays. lesbians and transgender communities. Hope this gets resolved by making them pay for the wrong action they did.

Posted at 3:14AM on Jun 25th 2009 by Rod

33. I couldn't agree more , it hurt my eyes to see him in that nasty v neck pink t-shirt , with his seriously receeding hairline , his head is as big as Jay Leno and the way he was talking on that pathetic video rant was like he was Rainman.
He is disgusting enough that even the male whores will not do him no matter how much money he has , he is so UGLY , SERIOUSLY FUGLY INSIDE AND OUT. There is no beauty or sincerity or authenticity to this she male , the only thing cute about him is Teddy...

This piss ant deserves to go down the drain with all his nasty comments.
He swims in hate , how sad .
Well mario , looks like you are going to lose a lot over this and I am thrilled to see it beginning to happen , scum like yourself deserve to crawl under a rock and stay there be cause everyone hates you .

Posted at 3:16AM on Jun 25th 2009 by she male

34. Give this guy a medal, and give Hilton a one-way ticket to nowhere.

Posted at 3:22AM on Jun 25th 2009 by Rewards

35. Perez Hilton is a toal douche ! He got what he deserved for talking ish to Fergie... and then calling Will a fagot.. so those talking about homosexual discrimination..the only person saying the word faggot here is Perez. I don't even know why he is famous!!!!>????? !!! he is a horrible and ugly person who wears pink and is flamboyant. Doesn;t take much to draw a fan base. Since when is being mean to people for no reason cool??? its dumb =P GO POLO

Posted at 3:22AM on Jun 25th 2009 by Byanca

36.
I couldn't agree more , it hurt my eyes to see him in that nasty v neck pink t-shirt , with his seriously receeding hairline , his head is as big as Jay Leno and the way he was talking on that pathetic video rant was like he was Rainman.
He is disgusting enough that even the male whores will not do him no matter how much money he has , he is so UGLY , SERIOUSLY FUGLY INSIDE AND OUT. There is no beauty or sincerity or authenticity to this she male , the only thing cute about him is Teddy...

This piss ant deserves to go down the drain with all his nasty comments.
He swims in hate , how sad .
Well mario , looks like you are going to lose a lot over this and I am thrilled to see it beginning to happen , scum like yourself deserve to crawl under a rock and stay there be cause everyone hates you .

Polo, my man , green eggs and ham , EVERYONE IS SERIOUSLY BEHIND YOU AND LOVES LOVES LOVES YOU !!!
If violence is not the right as you too passive individuals claim , then why the hell is boxing such a big sport or MMA?????
This guy perez has been asking for it for YEARS!!!
Do you really think his mother is proud of what her son does? Sure she enjoys the perks of the money , but that money was earned by being hateful , cowardly and an all around bastard to so many , but has the nerve to smile to their faces. In person this coward NEVER says anything to these celebs that mirrors the hateful comments on his website.

Poor Jude Law was made so much fun off by this bastard , and karma baby , now who is the one with the balding head ??? His hairline inches farther and farther away from his forehead .

He's still flabby as hell , just a serious pain on the eyes...

Posted at 3:27AM on Jun 25th 2009 by ewwwwwww

37. I'm Sorry (Sure you are)
Filed under: Personally Perez > Sad Sad
"People make mistakes. I have made many in my life, but this past week I have made more than I can count on one hand.

I am sorry. And I mean it. No one is forcing me to write this. I am not feeling pressured to say this. I am speaking out because I realize that the last few days have been more hurtful to me - and many others - than the repeated blows I suffered to my head in Toronto this past weekend.

I have been filled with incredible sadness and regret.

I am sorry that any good work I have done for promoting equality may be tainted by me reclaiming a hurtful word - that's been personally used against me and the gay community - to hurt someone that was verbally attacking me. It was stupid.

Apologizing for me is not easy. Writing this was not easy. Life is not easy. But everything happens for a reason and I will take away a lot of valuable lessons from this experience.

Violence is never the answer. Never.

Victims should not be mocked.

The "F" word will never be uttered from my lips again. Just as others use the "N" word to insult and hurt - or as part of their everyday speech - I challenge them to remove it from their vocabulary as well.

Hindsight is always 20/20, they say. I should have been the bigger man and walked away from an unfortunate situation. Instead, I chose - in a very misguided way - to stand up for myself and only made things worse by how I - under pressure, anger and extreme emotion - handled the situation.

I am sorry.

I am NOT apologizing to GLAAD. I could care less about them, my former employers.

I am apologizing to the gay community, to anyone who was hurt by my my choice of words, and to all the people who have ever emailed me to thank me for all that I have done to fight for gay rights over the last few years.

I have reached out to Isaiah Washington, someone I incorrectly labeled a homophobe in the past, despite his own public statements that he was not.

I will be donating any money collected from my lawsuit against Polo Molina, road manager for the Black Eyed Peas, to the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

And I will continue to speak out for equality and support the great work done by LGBT organizations, such as LAMBDA Legal and HRC.

Sincerely,

Perez"

Posted at 3:30AM on Jun 25th 2009 by Lola

38. I just read Perez's most recent apology. what a load of bs. he just doesn't get it. he says sorry for saying fag**t but not without constantly reminding u that he is the "victim" and he was "provoked".
he says he did it not from pressure of his descending career but because HE wanted to. give me a break, your bitch a** only said sorry cos you know your advertisers are ppulling out quicker than the speed of light.

Posted at 3:29AM on Jun 25th 2009 by BrownSugar

39. what a BS "apology". he just doesn't get it, does he? why can't he just say sorry outright to: will.i.am, fergie (and maybe glaad). he needs to say sorry for: insulting them, lying about them and just the purely mean spirited, racist attitude with which he responded to will.i.am's softly spoken manner. you will NEVER learn. this forced apology was for the sake of your rapidly descending career. he just won't say sorry without reminding us how he is (in his warped perception) the "victim" and that he was "provoked"

Posted at 3:40AM on Jun 25th 2009 by BrownSugar

40. why does he have this weird way of "apologising" without actually apologising @ all. he will not learn from this and become a better person because he lacks both the brain and the capacity.

Posted at 3:43AM on Jun 25th 2009 by BrownSugar

41. For someone who dishes out a lot of pain, sure cant take any of it back. How dare Mr.P Hilton attack Fergie about her looks! Or her hair, or her clothes, or anything for that matter. Has this idiot looked in the mirror lately? He sticks his nose into everything, He is the guy who cost Miss Ca her title and perhaps cost her the big win at the Miss USA pagent isnt he?
Hasnt this fellows 15 minutes of fame been expired for some time? Hit him once more for me....
No actually, dont....hes not worth the hassle that violence against him will cause. His fellow is nothing but a jerk.
LEAVE FERGIE ALONE~!!!!!! She is beautiful, talented, HAPPILY MARRIED, all of the things that this fellow will NEVER be.

Posted at 9:32PM on Jun 26th 2009 by Suzanne

42. Perez Hilton finally got what has been coming to him for a long time... They should be giving this guy a trophy, not jail time... Perez certainly has balls to dish the vulgarity and bs he dishes on a daily basis, but cant take a blow... deuche bag...

Posted at 4:07AM on Jun 25th 2009 by Matt

43. DON'T ARREST HIM! GIVE HIM A MEDAL!!!! I WOULD TO PUNCH THAT ANNOYING HOMO

Posted at 4:09AM on Jun 25th 2009 by DUDE

44. thank you for teaching this fat bastard a lesson!

i would like to sue the fat bastard, perez hilton (mario lavandera junior), for $10 billion on behalf of will i am, the gay and lesbian community, the hollywood community, and the entire universe who were offended from hearing perez hilton's malicious and deadly anti-gay slur.

Posted at 4:16AM on Jun 25th 2009 by KARMA

45. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Somebody punched his punk a$$ that's what he get for putting his 2 cents where it didn't belong, let this be a lesson to the rest of you (i.e. WENDY WILLIAMS) Somebody need to give her a$$ a black eye she looks like a female impersonater, like RuPauls sister.

Posted at 4:25AM on Jun 25th 2009 by mae west34

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