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"Battery charges against Russell Brand have been dropped, it has been revealed. The comedian was arrested in September and charged with battery following an altercation with a photographer at Los Angeles International Airport. Brand insisted that he was protecting then-fiancee Katy Perry after a member of the paparazzi tried to take photographs up her skirt. Los Angeles City Attorney spokesman Frank Mateljan told E!: &amp;quot;Mr Brand and his lawyer attended a hearing on Wednesday. Following that meeting, we do not anticipate any further action will be necessary regarding this matter.&amp;quot; Both Brand and the paparazzo will apparently receive a warning from the judge. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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