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Lawyers for an American investment banker arrested on suspicion of pushing a woman into the path of a London bus say he had nothing to do with it.

Law firm Duncan Lewis Solicitors says its client “has been wrongly implicated” in the case of a jogger who shoved a woman into traffic. The firm said Friday he has “irrefutable proof” he was in the United States at the time of the May 5 incident.

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1/3 Eric Bellquist, who was arrested yesterday in relation to an assault that took place on #PutneyBridge has been wrongly implicated — Duncan Lewis (@DuncanLewis) August 11, 2017

2/3 He categorically denies being the individual concerned & has irrefutable proof that he was in the US at the time of the incident — Duncan Lewis (@DuncanLewis) August 11, 2017

3/3 Consequently, we expect a swift resolution to this wholly untrue allegation. — Duncan Lewis (@DuncanLewis) August 11, 2017

Surveillance camera footage shows a jogger in shorts and T-shirt banging into a pedestrian, who tumbles in front of a double-decker bus. The bus stops just before hitting the woman.

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Police arrested a 41-year-old man Thursday on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm. He was later released pending further inquiries. Police did not disclose his name.