After actress Emma Roberts was arrested for thrashing boyfriend Evan Peters, the press finally asked whether male domestic abuse victims get the short end of the stick. Here’s a list of other men in Hollywood who’ve been beaten upWe’ve all heard about the Chris Browns and the Charlie Sheens of Hollywood, but in a rare case of role-reversal, actress Emma Roberts, who’s starred in films like We The Millers, but is best known as the niece of Julia Roberts, was taken into police custody after she left her boyfriend Evan Peters with a bloody nose and bite marks following a fight in their hotel room. Later, reports suggested that they “were both hitting each other”, but Roberts was arrested simply because Peters sustained ‘obvious physical injuries’. It was also implied by several media outlets that the couple had a “passionate love affair”, with the reps for both actors saying, “It was an unfortunate incident and misunderstanding... and the couple are working together to move past it.”The above is a bit deja vu-istic if we were to look at similar past incidents (yes, there are predecessors to Roberts when it comes to female celebs abusing their partners). If there’s cheating involved on the guy’s part, he’s widely considered to have ‘deserved it’ (see: Tiger Woods). Otherwise, in all these cases, the abuse is seen as the fallout of a “passionate relationship”, with these women’s better halves often choosing to drop the charges or even deny that the incident ever took place.Here’s looking at all the male celebs in Hollywood who have been reported to have been victims of domestic abuse:During the course of their 15-year marriage, often described as “tumultuous”, Brown faced domestic abuse charges in 1993. Coolly overlooked by the world was Whitney’s statement to AP 10 years before that – “Contrary to belief, I do the hitting, he doesn’t. He has never put his hands on me.” She then described how it was all down to the passion they shared. “We are crazy for one another. I mean crazy in love, love, love, love, love. When we’re fighting, it’s like that’s love for us,” she’d said.ater: Possibly because Mr Christian has enough domestic abuse and sexual harassment charges against him, the fact that his wife Ryan smashed a glass on his head once, after which he ended up with a shattered neck and 20 stitches, was downplayed by the media. Haddon was jailed for 12 hours on misdemeanor domestic battery charges. Slater’s publicist issued the standard “no comments” statement soon after.The author of Hillary’s biography, Gail Sheehy, claimed the current US Secretary of State “routinely beat up” her philandering hubby and is known to have flung books and ashtrays at him. In 1993, Hillary is said to have scratched Bill’s face, leaving a “mean claw mark along his jawline.” According to Sheehy, Dee Dee Myers, the White House spokeswoman at the time, said Barbara Streisand’s visit to the White House was responsible for this attack, which was passed off as a “shaving accident”. Hillary also apparently beat up Bill after news of his and Monica Lewinsky’s affair broke.: In 2004, it was alleged that Elaine Mason, Hawking’s second wife, was abusive to him. One of the nurses who cared for Hawking told the Times, “We all witnessed assaults. Everyone was in fear of the woman and in fear of causing problems for Stephen.” She added that the professor had been left with gashes, broken bones and bruises. His son Tim Hawkings and daughter Lucy believed these charges to be true, but the police decided not to continue the investigation after Hawking refused to cooperate.: Brenda Harvey beat up Lionel Richie after she caught him with his mistress Alexandra at her Beverly Hills, California apartment. Brenda was charged with corporal injury to a spouse, resisting arrest, trespassing, vandalism, battery and disturbing the peace and needless to say, their marriage ended in divorce due to “irreconcilable differences”. Richie, who called 911 at the time of the attack, is yet to publicly comment on the matter.: Tiger Woods’ post-Thanksgiving and post-his-several-indiscretions early morning car crash in 2009 was seen as his attempt to flee from his furious wife, who was also wielding his golf club at the time. The cut lower lip and facial lacerations that paramedics found on Tiger’s face at the time were suspected to be the doing of Elin. Though she was investigated afterwards, charges were eventually dropped, and Woods issued a public statement, saying, “Some people have speculated that Elin somehow hurt or attacked me on Thanksgiving night. It angers me that people would fabricate a story like that. Elin never hit me that night or any other night. There has never been an episode of domestic violence in our marriage, ever. Elin has shown enormous grace and poise throughout this ordeal. Elin deserves praise, not blame.”The Tiger Woods incident led to a bit of debate, with some sections of the media running articles along the lines of ‘The Year of Women Fighting Back’ that gave props to Elin for “standing up to her” love rat hubby. Other critics argued that this was clearly an example of society’s double standards when it comes to domestic abuse against men. The Daily Beast wrote in an article entitled ‘Is Tiger A Victim?’, “Imagine reading a story about a man who found out that his wife was cheating on him, and he responded by hitting her in the face and tearing up her favourite dress. Would the police shrug it off as “private”? No!”