Hugh
Grant
will
not
be
charged
for
his
baked
beans
outburst.
The
'Music
and
Lyrics'
star
was
arrested
on
April
24
for
throwing
a
tub
of
baked
beans
at
a
photographer
and
allegedly
kicking
him,
but
"insufficient
evidence" has
been
found
to
charge
him.
A
spokeswoman
for
Britain's
Crown
Prosecution
Service
said
no
charges
would
be
brought
against
Hugh
"because
there
were
clear
discrepancies
between
the
accounts
of
independent
witnesses
and
those
of
the
photographers
involved."
The
spokeswoman
said
"it
is
not
in
the
public
interest
to
prosecute" the
actor
for
the
beans-related
part
of
the
incident.
She
added
"the
minimal
nature
of
the
alleged
assault
and
the
lack
of
premeditation
on
the
part
of
Mr.
Grant"
also
factored
in
the
decision
not
to
prosecute.
Hugh,
46,
previously
said
of
the
allegations:
"This
is
something
being
made
out
of
nothing.
I'm
confident
I
will
be
vindicated
at
the
end
of
this
and
have
not
done
anything
wrong." The
'Love
Actually'
star
voluntarily
handed
himself
in
at
London's
Notting
Hill
police
station
on
April
25
where
he
was
arrested
and
questioned
for
30
minutes.
He
was
bailed
and
agreed
to
return
for
further
questioning
in
May.
Hugh,
who
was
walking
near
his
West
London
home
at
10am
when
the
incident
occurred,
lashed
out
when
paparazzo
Ian
Whittaker
asked
if
he
could
take
his
picture.
The
43-year-old
photographer
alleged
the
actor
kicked
him
three
times
and
kneed
him
near
the
groin.
Whittaker
said:
"It
looked
like
he
had
been
out
for
a
morning
jog.
I
asked
him
if
he
would
give
me
a
smile
because
he
was
standing
with
his
head
down.
But
he
must
have
been
having
a
bad
day
because
he
started
chasing
me
down
the
street.
"He
gave
me
a
couple
of
kicks
in
the
legs
and
I
think
he
kneed
me."