It has been reported that 26-year-old Zac Efron has been involved in a street fight in the dangerous area of Los Angeles.

The poor lamb.

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Gossip site TMZ reports that the former High School Musical star was allegedly "punched in the mouth" and violently assaulted by a "transient" when he and his bodyguard ran into trouble on a night out, after dark.

The pair were reportedly seen "in a full blown melee with at least three other people" by the police.

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That's right, a police car was on patrol under the Harbour Freeway, and the officer spotted Zac Efron and his bodyguard with the three other people,

When questioned by the police, Zac told them he and his bodyguard had run out of petrol and were sitting in the car minding their own business.

He then said that while they were waiting for a tow truck they threw a bottle out the window, and it smashed on the pavement near a group of "transients".


The trouble kicked off when the group confronted him and his bodyguard because they thought the bottle was thrown at them. Zac Efron said that two of them attacked his bodyguard and when he got out of the car to help, he got punched in the mouth. Zac said, "It was the hardest I've ever been hit in my life."

We'll kiss it better for you, Efron...

It's believed that nobody was charged for the incident, because police regarded the event as "mutual combat".