Suspect Arrested in Rick Moranis Assault in Manhattan

A suspect is in custody in reference to the assault of actor Rick Moranis final month, the New York Police Department mentioned on Twitter on Saturday.

‘Thanks to an eagle-eyed sergeant from @NYPDTransit, this suspect has been apprehended and charged,” the tweet learn.

According to the New York Post, the suspect — 35-year-old Marquis Ventura — has a historical past of 13 arrests, together with 5 for felonies. Two weeks after punching Moranis, Ventura was arrested and charged with two counts of assaulting a commuter on a New York subway.

A spokesperson for the police division has not but responded to TheWrap’s request for remark.

Last month, Rick Moranis, the star of “Ghostbusters” and “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” was assaulted in Manhattan; the assault was recorded by a surveillance digital camera. The footage confirmed Moranis on a New York City sidewalk when the suspect lunged at him and punched him within the head, sending the 67-year-old actor to the bottom.

Moranis went to the hospital after the assault and reported ache in his head, again and hip. After his launch, he reported the crime on the precinct.

Earlier this 12 months, it was introduced that Moranis is returning to the “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids” franchise with a brand new movie at Disney known as “Shrunk.”

The movie will likely be a sequel to the 1989 authentic that spawned a franchise together with “Honey, I Blew Up the Kid” and the direct to video “Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves.” The first two movies within the franchise pulled in additional than $281 million on the field workplace worldwide.

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