David Henrie, star of the Disney Channel original series Wizards of Waverly Place, was arrested Thursday on the Universal City walk for allegedly trying to start a fight.
However David's rep has released a statement regarding the incident with his brother, Lorenzo Henrie
"Contrary to the reports that have circulated in the media, neither David Henrie nor his 16-year-old brother Lorenzo were trying to start a fight last night at Universal City Walk," David’s rep told the media in a statement. "In fact, they took appropriate measures to avoid an altercation. Unfortunately, private security guards released the instigators, and became extremely aggressive with Lorenzo."
"When David attempted to protect his younger brother, the security guards became equally aggressive with him. Numerous witnesses at the scene confirmed that David and Lorenzo were simply trying to protect themselves from an unjustified use of force."
Check out other eye-witness accounts behind the cut...
One eye-witness tells HollywoodLife.com, "There were some people leaving Universal City in their car and they were being obnoxious. After they left, David’s brother was laughing and being silly about it; it seemed like he was joking about these people. Then all of a sudden, I saw a security guy push [Lorenzo]. David tried to get to his brother, and all of a sudden there were about five security guys on them."
Adds the witness, "David was being held back as his brother was being held on the ground. They were screaming to each other, ‘Are you OK?’ He was obviously trying to help his little brother out. I am not kidding when I tell you the officers punched David a bunch of times and pushed his bro on the ground. From what I saw, they were doing nothing wrong and the security guys overreacted. There was even a guy next to them that didn’t even know them that got hit by a security guy."
Another dishes, "A bald security guard instigated and provoked [David] and punched him several times in the face. [Lorenzo] was screaming and crying from the pain of having four guys on him, and David was just trying to get the security off his little brother. Then, while one guard handcuffed David, another put his hands on the little brother’s throat and strangled him. He yelled, ‘You’re not so tough now. Shut the f*** up!’"
David & Lorenzo were released to their father early yesterday morning.