--- title: Zac Efron Punched In Face In Skid Row, Los Angeles Fight description: Guess he wasn't "The Lucky One" in this fight canonical: https://time.com/40129/zac-efron-punched-in-face/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-27T15:28:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:14.522Z og:title: Zac Efron Got Punched In the Face During a Brawl on Skid Row og:description: Guess he wasn't "The Lucky One" in this fight og:url: https://time.com/40129/zac-efron-punched-in-face/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3ee07d6457e9e14/6986878aadae44c1225422ef/477631117.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Zac Efron og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Zac Efron Got Punched In the Face During a Brawl on Skid Row twitter:description: Guess he wasn't "The Lucky One" in this fight twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta3ee07d6457e9e14/6986878aadae44c1225422ef/477631117.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Zac Efron Got Punched In the Face During a Brawl on Skid Row > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 27, 2014 3:28 PM UTC  <> on March 10, 2014 in Austin, Texas. <> on March 10, 2014 in Austin, Texas.Roger Kisby / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 27, 2014 3:28 PM UTC This weekend, actor Zac Efron was for some reason hanging out in the notoriously dangerous Skid Row area of Los Angeles and ended up getting socked in the mouth after an altercation with a group of homeless people. Police say they saw Efron and his bodyguard “in a full-blown melee with at least 3 other people,” according [to TMZ](http://www.tmz.com/2014/03/27/zac-efron-fight-skid-row-drugs/). Apparently his car had run out of gas and while waiting for a tow truck, he threw a bottle out the window and it smashed on the ground near “a group of transients.” They apparently attacked Efron and his bodyguard, and the actor ended up getting punched hard in the mouth. 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