By April MacIntyre Dec 6, 2008, 18:54 GMT
The wild wild West smacked actor Vinnie Jones square in the face Thursday night.
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The Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels actor was treated for injuries and arrested after a Thursday night bar fight at Wiley's Tavern in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Jones, 43, is a British former soccer star whose movie credits also included Guy Ritchie's "Snatch."
The ArgusLeader.com reports that it was a comment over Jones as Juggernaut in "X-Men: The Last Stand," that sparked the fight.
According to Juan Barrera, 24, he and his roommates were playing pool when Jones approached and asked to play. Allegedly one of the guys told Jones he'd have to wait.
Reportedly that is when one of Barrera's roommates asked Jones whether he was "that guy from X-Men."
"He got offended by that, and he started pushing my other friends around. He said he's been in so many other movies or whatever," Barrera said to the ArgusLeader.com.
That's when the fight erupted.
Sioux Falls Police Sgt. Tim Hagen reported that "people began pushing and shoving when Jones charged at Bickett, who hit the actor in the face with a beer glass."
"He got the worst end of that deal," Hagen said, examining a police photograph of Jones' face.
Police were then called to the bar at 11:35 p.m. Thursday.
There they found Bickett outside the bar with cuts on his hand and arrested him for aggravated assault. Jones, and the other man involved in the brawl were both treated for injuries
Jones was taken to Sanford USD Medical Center where he was treated for cuts to the face. He was then charged with assault and posted bond Friday morning, according to the ArgusLeader.com.
Barrera claimed he was the man Jones punched. He told the ArgusLeader.com he was exiting the restroom when he found Jones and Wiley's staff members coming the opposite direction. "His whole face was covered in blood," Barrera said.
"I just walked out the restroom, didn't say a word to him ... and he struck me in the mouth."
Barrera said he countered with one or two punches to Jones' face, then knocked him to the floor before Wiley's staff escorted Barrera outside.
Barrera said Minnehaha County Jail staff called him Friday morning to warn that Jones was free on bail.
Jones is reportedly on vacation.
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