Gary Busey.Photo:Matt Baron/Shutterstock
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Gary Buseyis being investigated for an alleged hit-and-run, according to the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station.
A spokesperson at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to PEOPLE that the station’s traffic detectives were investigating Busey’s alleged involvement in the incident.
TheLethal Weaponactor, 79, reportedly backed his car into another vehicle while exiting a shopping center along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Wednesday, an unidentified woman claimed toTMZ.
On Tuesday, TMZ published footage featuring an unidentified woman filming her pursuit of Busey, accusing him of hitting her car and requesting his insurance information. Busey reportedly pulled out of a shopping center and struck the woman’s bumper. Instead of pulling over, the woman claimed to TMZ that Busey left the scene.
“Sir, you hit my car, I need your information!” the woman behind the camera can be heard yelling in thevideo. Panning down to show the damage to the front of Busey’s reported vehicle, she adds, “You have scuffs all over your car.”
Gary Busey.Karwai Tang / Wire Image / Getty Images
Busey appears to reply, “I’m private,” and mentions having insurance. He can then be seen getting into his vehicle and driving away.
Several photos of a car’s scuffed back bumper, allegedly belonging to the woman accusing Busey of a hit-and-run, were also shared with TMZ.
A representative for Busey did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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In a1989 PEOPLE interview, he claimed the Grim Reaper visited him after the near-death experience.
Busey also starred in such hit films asPoint BreakandUnder Siege, and in 2018 wrote the tell-all memoirBuseyisms: Gary Busey’s Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.
In 2022, Busey was charged with four counts of sexual contact and harassment after appearing at a New Jersey horror convention. Hedenied the allegationsat the time, tellingTMZ, “Nothing happened. It’s all false.”
source: people.com
