Altercations

Donnie Yen and Michelle Yeoh are at the center of an alleged Hollywood double-cross ... with a veteran producer claiming the company behind 'John Wick' hijacked his stars and cut him out of the action.

Arthur Sarkissian is suing Basil Iwanyk and Basil's company, Thunder Road Films ... claiming they torpedoed a movie he spent years and a bunch of money developing.

In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Arthur says he first teamed with Thunder Road on "The Father" and paid to rewrite the script for Yen ... but instead of producing the movie, he claims Thunder Road dangled a bigger paycheck in front of Yen for "John Wick: Chapter 4" ... killing Arthur's project in the process.

A wanted man took his escape attempt way off-road Thursday morning ... leading LAPD officers on a foot chase before diving into the Pacific Ocean and trying to swim his way out of an arrest.

Take a look at the video ... the suspect is swimming off Will Rogers State Beach when L.A. County Lifeguards roll up and grapple with him in the water ... eventually loading him onto a L.A. County Sheriff's Department boat.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... LAPD officers stopped the man near Pacific Coast Highway and Sunset Boulevard around 7:20 AM after learning he was wanted on a felony warrant.

Poker player Jared Griener was barefoot and still had duct tape on his wrist when he begged a neighbor for help after being allegedly hogtied and robbed at his Las Vegas Airbnb.

Ring footage from the neighbor's house shows Jared on the doorstep asking the homeowner to call 911.

He claims he was "f***ing robbed" and the thieves made off with everything he had, including his phone.

Jared Griener won big at the World Series of Poker and then he lost it all ... he says he cashed out his winnings and went back to his Las Vegas rental, where he was hogtied and robbed.

The poker pro shared a screenshot on X detailing the alleged robbery in a series of texts, claiming two masked men broke into his Sin City Airbnb, hogtied him, and threatened to kill him if he moved.

According to Jared, the guys allegedly made off with his backpack ... which contained his entire poker payout.

Gruesome details on the death of James Handy have been revealed in the medical examiner's report ... which describes an intense altercation between the "Top Gun: Maverick" actor and his girlfriend's son, Michael Gledhill.

According to the ME ... James and Michael got into a verbal altercation on June 4 outside the front porch of the girlfriend's home.

The report says things got physical ... with Michael mounting James before dragging him to the side of the house, going back inside to retrieve what "appeared to be a knife" ... then returning and stabbing James to death.

Travis Scott's 2024 yacht meltdown is back making waves ... because the boat workers involved are now suing him, claiming the rapper turned a luxury charter into a violent nightmare.

According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, the crew says Travis chartered a yacht in Miami in 2024, brought along several women, security, and alcohol ... and things allegedly spiraled after he demanded to take out a jet ski, which the captain says he refused because Travis appeared too intoxicated.

The captain claims Travis then ordered the captain to head to a nearby marina before suddenly jumping off the boat onto a dock ... leaving his guests stranded aboard for roughly 30 minutes.

Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro got in a physical altercation when they crossed paths in Las Vegas on Friday ... with the Miami Heat center reportedly landing a blow on his now-former teammate.

The incident happened at a practice court set up at a Vegas hotel, according to Shams Charania ... and was apparently sparked by a comment Herro made about Adebayo after he was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks.

In leaked DMs, Herro seemingly questioned Adebayo's value and $160 million deal with the Heat ... claiming the big man only plays great defense occasionally.

1:13 PM PT -- The San Francisco Police Deptartment tells us their officers responded to the brawl -- which they say started as a verbal argument before turning physical -- and initially detained seven people.

SFPD ended up arresting four ... and cited the three others. Charges varied by person, but included "assault likely to produce great bodily injury," "disturbing the peace," and "public intoxication."

The ages of the fans involved ranged from 21 to 29 years old.

Despite the arrests that have already been made, police tell us their investigation is still open and active.

The S.F. Giants game started as a normal night at the ballpark, but ended in absolute savagery ... with a group of fans beating the absolute s*** out of each other, and the vicious moment was captured on video.

It was Snoopy Bobblehead Night at Oracle Park, and vibes were high as the hometown team took on the Rockies Thursday night.

Then all hell broke loose.

Cellphone video shows a full-blown brawl exploding in the stands -- just a row or two from the field -- with punches and kicks flying all over the place, hair being pulled, and bodies chaotically piling up as nearby fans watched in shock, some filming, others looking horrified or even amused.

If you wanted to do a check-in with 'Real Housewives of New York' star Dorinda Medley ... her response might be 'not well, b****!" ... because she is taking her neighbor to court for alleging building on a shed that touches her property!

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ ... Dorinda is asking the judge to find that her neighbor's new shed, fence, and driveway encroach on her fancy property in Massachusetts.  She wants the judge to order the immediate removal of the neighbor's stuff on her property.

Dorinda claims the neighbor constructed a shed and expanded their driveway onto her property ... which the New York housewife eventually noticed and hired a land surveyor in May to complete a survey of the two properties that determined the encroachments were, in fact, on her turf.

Watching Tamar Braxton and Kandi Burruss try to play nice during a photo op may be one of the funniest things you see all day.

They were lined up on stage alongside greats like Brandy, Monica, and Missy Elliott -- who was awarded the Essence Icon Award -- for Essence Fest's Black Women in Music ceremony on Sunday ... and had an awkward little moment before cameras started flashing.

You can see in the clip, Tamar reaches across Monica to grab Kandi's hand to say hi ... but Kandi clearly wasn't here for it.

A Chicago news crew actually became the news after they were allegedly attacked by several men in a tow truck during a racially charged incident ... and three people are now in custody.

The heated situation popped off Monday afternoon as a CBS reporter and photog were about to go live on air near the Adler Planetarium ... they were interrupted by a tow truck that parked in front of their van, according to witnesses and the Chicago PD.

Police say a man jumped out of the tow truck with his dog and ordered his canine to attack the news crew while yelling racial slurs at them. Witnesses told CBS the other two men in the tow truck also jumped out to assist. 

A far-right influencer and some of his supporters showed up to the BET Awards holding racist signs ... sparking a melee that was caught on video.

See for yourself ... Jake Lang -- who President Trump pardoned for crimes committed during the January 6 insurrection -- had a group of people rush him while outside Sunday's award show at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles ... and it got pretty ugly.

Lang claims he was "nearly MURDERED by a violent BLACK MOB" ... alleging he had a glass bottle thrown at him, among other objects.

He didn't mention the messages he was there delivering ... including signs reading, "BLACK PARENTS are FAILURES."

T.I.'s entourage was beefing with security at the BET Awards ... and the heated showdown was caught on video.

Check out the footage from before Sunday's award show at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles ... both sides fire off expletives before one man is shoved back ... and tempers flare as T.I. gets a front-row seat to all the action.

A security guard dares T.I.'s entourage ... "Whatchu wanna do?" before adding ... "I'll f*** your a** up!" He's slowly driven back, away from T.I., as he yaps about a gang affiliation and begs for a fight outside.

Security footage in Big Tigger's home appears to capture part of a fight with his wife, including his alleged assault of her ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ obtained footage from a Ring camera that captured the alleged May 9 incident, where the former “Rap City” host’s wife, Alicia, claims he attacked her.

In the video, you can hear Alicia telling someone to take a picture … that’s when it looks like Big Tigger approaches her, grabbing her by the neck and telling her to stop.

Tom Sandoval was at his breaking point in his relationship with Victoria Lee Robinson when he shoved her dad into a lit fire pit ... at least that's what a source is saying.

A source familiar with the situation tells TMZ ... the footage of Tom pushing his ex's dad, Will, was taken out of context. We're told, "It captures only a fraction of an incident that followed months of physical and psychological abuse by Victoria and her father."

Our source insists Tom "has never physically harmed" Victoria, and had never gotten physical with her father before that night.

Milli Vanilli's Fab Morvan says he never got the chance to patch things up with Clive Davis before the legendary music producer died.

We got Fab in New York City on Tuesday and our photog asked him about Clive, who died this week at 94.

Fab says death is just a part of life ... and while he never had a chance to squash his longstanding beef with the record exec, it doesn't seem like there's any lingering bad blood.