--- description: The 50-year old movie star was punched in the face and reportedly struck back, before the intruder was arrested title: Brad Pitt Attacked on the Red Carpet at Maleficent premiere image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf4e5242dbe17eb4/69869129e8524b0962603113/ap435230070325.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Brad Pitt Just Got Punched in the Face at the Maleficent Premiere by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2014 5:27 AM CUT  A man is walked off carpet in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt at the world premiere of "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Los Angeles. A man is walked off carpet in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt at the world premiere of "Maleficent" at the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Los Angeles.Matt Sayles—Invision/AP by [Per Liljas](/author/per-liljas/) ## Per Liljas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 29, 2014 5:27 AM CUT **Correction Appended: May 29, 7:06 a.m. ET** Brad Pitt was [punched](http://pagesix.com/2014/05/28/brad-pitt-punched-in-the-face-on-red-carpet/ "undefined") in the face Wednesday by a man who jumped the crowd barriers outside of El Capitan theater on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, during the world premiere of _Maleficent_, a movie that stars Pitt’s partner Angelina Jolie. The 50-year old movie star struck back before police [arrested the attacker](http://www.justjared.com/2014/05/28/brad-pitt-gets-punched-by-ukrainian-man-at-malecifent-premiere/ "undefined"). LAPD has not confirmed or released the identity of the attacker, but it is reported that he resembles Vitalii Sediuk, the man who tried to dive underneath America Ferrera’s dress at Cannes, and who stormed the stage at the 2013 Grammys. The exchange left Pitt unharmed. \[[_NYPost_](http://pagesix.com/2014/05/28/brad-pitt-punched-in-the-face-on-red-carpet/ "undefined")\] **Correction:** The original version of this story misstated Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s marital status. They are engaged to be married. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/134929/brad-pitt-assaulted-punched-maleficent/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/134929/brad-pitt-assaulted-punched-maleficent/"},"headline":"Brad Pitt Just Got Punched in the Face at the Maleficent Premiere","datePublished":"2014-05-29T05:27:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:05:58.457Z","description":"The 50-year old movie star reportedly struck back, before the attacker was arrested","url":"https://time.com/134929/brad-pitt-assaulted-punched-maleficent/","keywords":["celebrities","Attack","Brad Pitt","Maleficent"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf4e5242dbe17eb4/69869129e8524b0962603113/ap435230070325.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Per Liljas","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/per-liljas/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf4e5242dbe17eb4/69869129e8524b0962603113/ap435230070325.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AP435230070325","caption":"A man is walked off carpet in handcuffs after allegedly attacking Brad Pitt at the world premiere of \"Maleficent\" at the El Capitan Theatre on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, in Los Angeles.","creditText":"Matt Sayles—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/134929/brad-pitt-assaulted-punched-maleficent/","name":"Brad Pitt Just Got Punched in the Face at the Maleficent Premiere"}}]}] ```