Russell Crowe cleared of wrongdoing following altercation with Azealia Banks

Following the accusation that actor Russell Crowe got violent with rapper Azealia Banks at a party in his hotel room, the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has determined that Banks' battery report that was filed after the incident is unjustified and that Crowe did nothing wrong in the situation. Banks had accused the 52-year-old actor of shouting racial slurs at her and getting violent. She had said that “Russell and I get next to each other. He’s talking to me, I’m talking to him, and we start flirting. We’re having a really good time. He’s got his knee on my knee, he’s touching my leg, I’m playing him my music, he tweets my song ‘The Big Big Beat’. He’s like, ‘I love this, you’re ­beautiful, this is great.'” After this moment, the rapper stated that he “just kind of switched,” and was yelling racial slurs, choking her, and spitting on her before he kicked her out of the party.
Witnesses tell a different story, stating that it was instead Banks who was shouting racial slurs, and even that she threatened to cut a partygoer's throat with a broken glass. Comedian Jim Jefferies, who claims he was present at the party, described Banks as being "out of control," and insisted that Crowe "did nothing wrong." The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office ultimately agreed, as they determined that Crowe's decision to remove Banks from the room was, “justified to prevent the imminent violence threatened by Banks,” as reported by TMZ.