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TV's Tarrant 'bemused' by arrest | |
(about 2 hours later) | |
TV presenter Chris Tarrant is said to be "bemused" following his arrest in Nottingham for an alleged assault. | |
The Who Wants to be a Millionaire? host was arrested after allegedly injuring a fellow diner with a piece of cutlery at a curry house in the city. | |
According to his spokesman, Tarrant had jokingly dropped cutlery onto the table of a couple with whom he had bantered. | |
"There was no physical contact, no unpleasantness and no hostility," said the former Tiswas host's publicist. | |
"It was just part of the ongoing banter between the two tables." | |
He said Tarrant had had two pints of beer over the course of the day and had shared a bottle of red wine at the restaurant with a colleague. | |
'Shocked and stunned' | |
"Ten minutes later, Chris said he was aware of raised voices and sees the bloke leaving the restaurant and assumed he had a row with his girlfriend," his representative continued. | |
"Chris goes back to the Plaza Hotel directly opposite. Half an hour later four flak-jacketed police officers turn up and arrest him on suspicion of assault." | |
The presenter, who had spent three days filming a show for disabledchildren in the city, was bailed to appear in June. | |
Tarrant has rarely been out of the headlines since the collapse of his marriage last year. | |
He and his wife Ingrid separated after a series of stories appeared in the media accusing the presenter of an affair. The couple divorced in February. | |
Tarrant's spokesman said his client was "shocked, stunned, confused and bemused" by the latest incident. |