{"id":563983,"date":"2026-03-25T19:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563983\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:30:17","slug":"police-finally-have-their-say-on-alan-ritchsons-fist-fight-with-neighbor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/563983\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Finally Have Their Say On Alan Ritchson\u2019s Fist Fight With Neighbor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/topic\/alan-ritchson\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Alan Ritchson\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69c3a5a9e4b081f8eb13a456\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/topic\/alan-ritchson\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alan Ritchson<\/a> and the neighbor he punched repeatedly in a street brawl will walk away without any charges, according to reports on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/22\/alan-ritchson-punches-neighbor\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"TMZ video\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69c3a5a9e4b081f8eb13a456\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/22\/alan-ritchson-punches-neighbor\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TMZ video<\/a> of the hulking \u201cReacher\u201d star appearing to pummel Ronnie Taylor in their Nashville suburb of Brentwood on Sunday went viral.<\/p>\n<p>But authorities determined that Ritchson, who plays an ex-Army cop-turned ass-kicking road vigilante in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/impact\/topic\/amazon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a> Prime series, was protecting himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter reviewing available evidence, including video footage and witness statements, authorities determined that no criminal charges will be pursued,\u201d the Brentwood Police Department said in a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15676601\/Alan-Ritchson-cryptic-post-enemy-punching-neighbor.html\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"to the Daily Mail\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69c3a5a9e4b081f8eb13a456\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15676601\/Alan-Ritchson-cryptic-post-enemy-punching-neighbor.html\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to the Daily Mail<\/a>. \u201cMr. Ritchson\u2019s actions were found to be in self-defense. Although a potential reckless endangerment charge was considered, Mr. Ritchson declined to pursue charges. &#8230; No further action will be taken.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before word filtered out that he had been exonerated, the \u201cWar Machine\u201d performer shared a Napoleon Bonaparte quote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DWQDLtBDH3J\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"on Instagram\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69c3a5a9e4b081f8eb13a456\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reels\/DWQDLtBDH3J\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on Instagram<\/a> that read, \u201cNever interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/24\/no-charges-made-in-reacher-actor-fight-with-neighbor\/\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"Bodycam footage\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69c3a5a9e4b081f8eb13a456\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/03\/24\/no-charges-made-in-reacher-actor-fight-with-neighbor\/\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bodycam footage<\/a> from Ritchson showed Taylor stepping in front of Ritchson as he rode his motorcycle, seemingly to start the confrontation. Then Ritchson appears to push him. After heated words, Taylor seems to impede or shove the actor as he tries to leave. Ritchson pounds him with punches as Taylor covers himself on the ground. \u201cAre you fucking out of your goddamn mind?\u201d the actor can be heard saying.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Alan Ritchson and the neighbor he punched repeatedly in a street brawl will walk away without any&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563984,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[43228,64,63,447,134,277688],"class_list":["post-563983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-alan-ritchson","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-reacher"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}