Actress Nicole Kidman is in New York for Fashion Week, but an incident on Thursday has left her anything but happy. The Oscar winner was knocked down on a sidewalk by a paparazzo riding a bike and is planning on pressing charges.
Kidman just left the Calvin Klein show and was returning to the Carlyle Hotel. Suddenly, photog Carl Wu came speeding towards her, riding his bike on the sidewalk. Witnesses told TMZ that he had tried to hit the brakes, but he wasn’t in time and hit Kidman, knocking her to the ground. Photos of the incident show Kidman being knocked out of her heels.
According to Us Weekly’s source, Kidman was helped up by her publicist.
“She looked hurt, but there wasn't any blood,” the witness told Us. "She put her shoes back on and ran into the Carlyle."
Another photographer told TMZ that Kidman was furious and she plans on pressing charges.
Police later told TMZ that they will give Wu a ticket for riding a bike on the sidewalk, but they will not file charges. “An accident's an accident,” a cop told the site.
Kidman recently appeared in Lee Daniels’ The Paperboy and plays Grace Kelly in Grace of Monaco, which hits theaters in November. Her other recent credits include Stoker, The Railway Man and she does have a part in Anchorman 2.
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