DiCaprio assault suspect in custody
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A fugitive accused of slashing actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s face with a broken beer bottle is being held in Toronto on similar yet unrelated charges, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Det. Steve Ramirez of the LAPD’s Hollywood Division said Aretha Wilson, 37, has been in Canadian custody for several months in connection with an aggravated assault case in which the victim died.
Toronto authorities believe that she is responsible for other assaults there too, Ramirez said.
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office charged Wilson with one count of assault with a deadly weapon after the DiCaprio incident in June 2005.
The arrest warrant described the incident as having “inflicted great bodily injury” upon the actor, who was leaving a party in the Hollywood Hills.
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