Austin North, a star of the Netflix present Outer Banks, has been arrested for allegedly attacking a number of emergency room staffers in Las Vegas.
The altercation occurred on Tuesday night time at UMC Hospital, the place North was arrested and booked by Las Vegas police for gross misdemeanor battery after he was in an altercation with a number of nurses and a phlebotomist. In response to TMZ, he punched one nurse within the head, shoved one other nurse, and pushed the phlebotomist right into a desk, main the latter to hit North within the head with a tray in self-defense.
All of this, evidently, occurred for “no obvious cause by any means,” TMZ asserts. After the altercation, North was cuffed to a gurney, had his Miranda rights learn to him, and allegedly responded “sure” when requested by officers if he understood that he was being arrested for battery.
After that, North was dropped at jail, booked, and posed for a mug shot. He has since bonded out, however the reason for this incident stays a thriller. It’s unclear how or why North went to the ER within the first place.
Following the arrest, North issued a press release on Instagram. “I’m deeply upset by the occasions that passed off in Las Vegas this previous week. My good friend drove me to the hospital as a result of I believed I used to be having a coronary heart assault. A number of exams had been taken, together with blood, which got here again adverse for any medication or alcohol in my system. I used to be having a extreme anxiousness assault.”
He continued, “I’ve ever little reminiscence of the occasions that day on the hospital. I’ve the utmost respect for healthcare staff and hospital workers. I’ve battled anxiousness on and off for years and this was probably the most excessive panic assault I’ve ever had. Going ahead, I hope to make clear this debilitating dysfunction and ship hope to those that have additionally struggled.”
Previous to this, North had a reasonably low-key monitor report. He started appearing in his teen years, showing in a number of Disney sequence, like Kickin’ It, A.N.T. Farm, and I Didn’t Do It, in addition to an episode of Common Hospital. Since 2020, he’s portrayed Topper on Netflix’s Outer Banks. Within the days main as much as his arrest, North was in Las Vegas for Tremendous Bowl LVIII.
