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  • WEDNESDAY APRIL 5 2006 7:31 PM

Actor Rescues Woman from Rapist

James “PJ” Ransone, star of Spike Lee’s new film “Inside Man,” rescued a neighbor from a rapist after hearing cries for help outside his NYC apartment Monday evening.

"There was something in her voice," he relates. So he grabbed a broomstick which he later dropped for a metal bar, called 911 and ran downstairs "in my pajama bottoms - no shoes, no socks and no shirt," Ransone says.

He got to the vestibule in the nick of time. "There was this Hispanic guy in a blue sweatshirt choking my neighbor and pulling his [sex organ] out," he told Page Six's Lisa Marsh. "I pictured my mom, my girlfriend and every girl I've ever loved and thought, 'Vengeance is mine.' "

The attacker attempted to flee down a vacant street with the star in pursuit. After catching the assailant, James beat him senseless with a metal bar.

"I said, 'You rapist piece of [bleep]' and heard a crack when I hit his shoulder blade," Ransone says. "He mimed taking out a gun and said, 'Do you want to go to jail?' - and made a bee-line for the door.

"I cried, 'I'm not done with you yet' and kept swinging," Ransone says. Then the cops arrived and the attacker disappeared into the building. An arrest is expected soon.

"All of my friends would have done the same thing, but nobody else in my building came out," the actor says, adding, "I did what anybody would have done."




 

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ICY

ICY

Ireland
March 2005

APR 05, 2006 07:37 PM

Way to beat that rapist biggrin

evlbaMbee

evlbaMbee

United Kingdom
February 2006

APR 05, 2006 07:39 PM

nobody else in my building came out



"I did what anybody would have done."



Erm.

Macho talk aside, good job on preventing what is truly one of the worst acts imaginable.

Darke

Darke

Columbia, MO
June 2005

APR 05, 2006 07:40 PM

Okay, I'm going to see this movie just cause the actor is a good fucking guy. biggrin

Quirky

Quirky

Birmingham, AL
October 2005

APR 05, 2006 07:46 PM

Hell yeah. He beat the shit out of him with a lead pipe! Fuck!

Moonrabbit

Moonrabbit

Vancouver, BC
February 2005

APR 05, 2006 07:46 PM

There's no justice like vigilante justice!

Though he obviously didn't beat the guy hard enough. He was able to get up and run into a building!
People like that don't fear the police. They should learn to fear an angry dude with a pipe.

Go dude!

But I'd like to hear from some girls on this subject.

[Edited on Apr 05, 2006 10:47PM]

TheFuckOffKid

TheFuckOffKid

NEWSWIRE

Australia

APR 05, 2006 07:47 PM

evlbaMbee said:

nobody else in my building came out



"I did what anybody would have done."



Erm.


I also noticed that odd contradiction.

Still, yes, fine work.

Moonrabbit

Moonrabbit

Vancouver, BC
February 2005

APR 05, 2006 07:48 PM

TheFuckOffKid said:

evlbaMbee said:

nobody else in my building came out



"I did what anybody would have done."



Erm.


I also noticed that odd contradiction.

Still, yes, fine work.



He's an actor not an editor.

MarginWalker2002

MarginWalker2002

San Diego, CA
April 2004

APR 05, 2006 07:49 PM

TheFuckOffKid said:

evlbaMbee said:

nobody else in my building came out



"I did what anybody would have done."



Erm.


I also noticed that odd contradiction.

Still, yes, fine work.



+1 on that

Al

Al

SUICIDEGIRL

Christmas Island

APR 05, 2006 07:53 PM

He got to the vestibule in the nick of time. "There was this Hispanic guy in a blue sweatshirt choking my neighbor and pulling his [sex organ] out," he told Page Six's Lisa Marsh. "I pictured my mom, my girlfriend and every girl I've ever loved and thought, 'Vengeance is mine.' "



What a stud.

J24U

J24U

Danvers, MA
February 2006

APR 05, 2006 07:55 PM

He should have swung higher than the shoulder blade...but good job nonetheless.
biggrin

Lisa_Why

Lisa_Why

Vancouver, BC
December 2004

APR 05, 2006 08:01 PM

J24U said:
He should have swung higher than the shoulder blade...but good job nonetheless.
biggrin



I was more thinking lower, and around front.

Temper

Temper

SUICIDEGIRL

Germany

APR 05, 2006 08:08 PM

As a girl, I would've wanted him to hand me that pipe so I could beat him senseless...and do it right.
No more running into buildings.

mitchclem

mitchclem

San Antonio, TX
August 2005

APR 05, 2006 08:11 PM

This is celeb news I can get behind. I wonder if Paris Hilton will take a tip and start fighting crime.

Tangus

Tangus

Chicago, IL
November 2005

APR 05, 2006 08:13 PM

that's pretty awesome. good for him.

Drama

Drama

Columbus, OH
January 2003

APR 05, 2006 08:14 PM

This guy is my new celebrity hero.

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