Celebrity Justice
LAPD Investigating James Blunt's "Hit & Run"

TMZ has learned that the LAPD has opened an investigation into a late night car accident involving singer James Blunt and supermodel Petra Nemcova, and have officially classified it as a "hit and run."
James Blunt & Petra Nemcova
According to several witnesses, James drove their black SUV over the leg of an autograph seeker as the couple slowly pulled away from a Hollywood party Friday night.

According to police, LAPD has not yet "identified" the driver of the vehicle during the accident (?), however, TMZ ran a photo of Blunt in the driver's seat!

A rep for Blunt tells TMZ that, despite reports to the contrary, the person run over "wasn't a fan" and says, "It was a ton of paparazzi that were all swarming [James'] car as he was driving two MPH trying to navigate his way through them... They were invading his space. He was just trying to quietly leave the party." She adds that James is "looking into the matter and will cooperate."


Tags: james blunt, JamesBlunt, petra nemcova, PetraNemcova

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16. Poor guy. To bad Heather MIlls wasn't on the other side of the vehicle with her good leg.

Posted at 3:43PM on Feb 27th 2007 by canadian

17. FIRST..... If the dude was hounding blunt like ALL Paps do then he deserved getting his foot ran over. I can imagine how frustrating it would be to try and drive off from somewhere with 30 people throwing themselves on his car. I mean some of it comes with the fame but Paps really take it too far.

Second... WHY THE FUCK DID anybody pull the race card on this? Thats RIDICULOUS! No need for that. If you are really an advocate against racism then you don't use racial slurs to argue your point. But then again judging from the typos and horrible speech you are just an Ignorant person that always pulls the race card. You want to fight Racism you silly girl you gotta begin with yourself.

Posted at 3:57PM on Feb 27th 2007 by Paps are moneyhungry

18. Who gives a flying shit about his ugly beaver-toothed,gay skinny ass!!!!
How the hell did he land the hot chick$$$$$$$

Posted at 3:58PM on Mar 1st 2007 by The_Tall_Cool_One

19. I guess I think of this story as real news, BECAUSE ITS NOT ANNA NICOLE SMITH!!!

I dont understand why these very rich people dont just get their own drivers then they could go out , drink ( or whatever ) til they pass out, and they could be taken home and put to bed with out killing themself or more important hurting others. I as recall that model girlfriend of his made it though the Tsnami (?) but her boyfriend who was the love of her life did not. She gave interviews that she was so lucky, and she could never love anyone as much as the guy ever, but here we are two years later and shes got this James guy and they are driving themselves and running over people.

So the person they ran over was not a fan- well JB if you keep running people over there will be no one to hear you play " Beautiful ", which while being a lovely song it will be a one hit wonder. Sorry...........

Peace and Love : )

Posted at 3:57PM on Feb 27th 2007 by AngelG.1

20. Keep feeding your movie stars drugs and keep sending them to REHAB, you sorry ass,and a couple of injections of botox will be just fine, keep fighting over dead body's for money. Who do think you are dumb a*s. I will never give up my Fight against RACISM! NO PEACE, NO JUSTICE!!!

Posted at 3:58PM on Feb 27th 2007 by Farrah

21. I HATE JAMES BLUNT AND HIS STUPID SONG......THROW THE BOOK AT HIM!!!!

Posted at 4:04PM on Feb 27th 2007 by DONNY

22. for Gods sake, he run oversomeones foot/leg... who cares that it was a photographer??? Blunt should have been careful..aren't they always hounded by photographers... how could he not be aware of what happened? Obviously it was an accident, but when he found out what happened why did he not say he was sorry? and apologized? The photographer or autograph seeker was just doing his job (a job that we all pay for since we read this gossip columns and magazines)... and just because celebrities are always "hounded" it does not justify the lack of sympathy for someone who got hurt..... I'm glad they are classifying it as a "hit and run"... I for sure would not get away with it... why should James Blunt (or any celebrity for that matter) get away with it???

Posted at 4:03PM on Feb 27th 2007 by Queen Bee

23. The TMZ inset photograph.
What do you think Petra is saying to Blunt?

“I said drive over his Nikon.
Not, drive over his knee hun”.

Posted at 4:09PM on Feb 27th 2007 by sparkeyUK

24. there's video of the guy moving his toes and applying pressure to the foot before the ambulance got their at Lulop.com ... this guy's an idiot at least and did it on purpose for a quick settlement at worst.

Posted at 4:54PM on Feb 27th 2007 by jc

25. James Blunt wanted to leave the party quietly...yeah right! I watched him being interviewed by Ryan Seacrest I think it was on the red carpet at the grammys and he was a completely arrogant, not a very nice person

Posted at 5:56PM on Feb 27th 2007 by VC

26. Nick K-if you were important, and I put my foot in your...way, then yes, it would be reasonable to expect that you would run over it-jackass! Get a life instead of daydreaming about running over people just because they commented, wanker!

Posted at 5:21PM on Feb 27th 2007 by Heather

27. I SMELL A LAWSUIT....................

Posted at 5:27PM on Feb 27th 2007 by alb

28. The victim needs a haircut, must be broke waiting for a good pic to sell. The shoe looks like it came from Goodwill. What a loser.

Posted at 5:32PM on Feb 27th 2007 by Granny

29. Why would the paparazzi want to get a pic of them? They're nobodys! In a few months - possibly weeks - no one will remember who they are.

Posted at 5:45PM on Feb 27th 2007 by RJH

30. Since when is a Toyota Camry an SUV?

And if the car was moving what idiot would step in front of it unless he wanted to get run over? Seriously even Rain Man knows that!

Posted at 5:41PM on Feb 27th 2007 by Misty

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