Rick Moranis Attacked In Upper New York

[Display Name]

Imagine looking at that face and wanting to punch it? Hopefully they catch this f***er soon.

[thechase]

I've seen the footage, and I've seen how the media are spinning it. I'll say no more, because if I start, I don't know where it'll finish.

[thirteen3]

Oct 2, 2020 13:23:57 GMT -5 chrom said:

Wow, what a badass. Attacking a near 70 year old man from behind. Wait, he's not a badass. He's a PAB.

Punk Ass Bitch

A real BAMF if I ever knew one.

Bitch
Ass
Mo'
Fo'

[john84]

Motherrf****r. Hope they throw away the key when they get him.

[Bub (BLM)]

So he goes away for two decades, then gets attacked about a month after doing his first public work again. f***ing awful.

[Natural Born Farmer]

Definitely the second most surprising headline I've read today.

[prettynami]

And back into seclusion he goes.

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

Oct 2, 2020 18:57:35 GMT -5 prettynami said:

And back into seclusion he goes.

Doubt it honestly. He's still signed on for Shrunk and I doubt he's going to exit. If anything he'll probably be a lot more careful going out and about.

[zrowsdower]

Oct 2, 2020 12:23:28 GMT -5 @therealoblivion said:

They may not have even known it was Rick Moranis.

People just do dumb shit like this sometimes because they're assholes. Some dude sucker punched me in the back of the head in a bar once then literally ran out of the place. I caught a glimpse of him, and had no idea who he was, or what I may have done to deserve it.

Sorry that happened to you. Reason 57 why I hate this bullshit world.

[Limity (BLM)]

Can't help but be reminded of this,

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2015/08/03/us/hitchbot-robot-beheaded-philadelphia-feat/index.html

[Terry McConkey]

I curse the fool that sucker punched Rick Moranis. 

What did Rick Moranis do to anyone?

[Larryhausen]

Oct 2, 2020 21:46:33 GMT -5 Limity (BLM) said:

Can't help but be reminded of this,

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2015/08/03/us/hitchbot-robot-beheaded-philadelphia-feat/index.html

This is still a legendary moment in Philadelphia history.

[adamclark52]

poor guy takes 20 years away from the spotlight and within a month of reappearing this happens

[y4j1981]

Update, they caught the guy

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-arrested-new-york-city-attack-actor-rick-moranis-n1247852

Man arrested in New York City attack on actor Rick Moranis

The suspect was apprehended in the subway system a few blocks away from where the attack occurred last month, police said.

A 35-year-old man was arrested Saturday in the New York City attack on actor Rick Moranis of "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" fame, authorities said.

Suspect Marquis Ventura was spotted by transit officers in the subway system near 72nd Street and Broadway, a few blocks from where the Oct. 1 assault took place at Central Park West near 70th Street, Sgt. Anwar Ishmael said.

Police did not identify the victim as Moranis but referred to the assault outside the actor's Upper West Side building. Moranis was punched by a man in an "I Love NY" sweatshirt, and the assault was captured on security video.

Moranis, 67, hit the ground after the punch and later took himself to a hospital. It did not appear the actor did anything to provoke his assailant.

At the time, Moranis' spokesman confirmed he was the victim of assault. "He is fine but grateful for everyone’s thoughts and well wishes," Troy Bailey said after the attack became public.

Police said Ventura was apprehended and later arrested on suspicion of assault in the second degree, which includes the allegation that he had "intent to cause serious physical injury to another person."

Further details about the suspect, including whether he has retained a lawyer, were not immediately known.

Also, seems like the guy might be mentally ill, has 3 other charges like this, among other, in the past

nypost.com/2020/11/14/suspect-in-custody-in-rick-moranis-assault/

Suspect in custody for Rick Moranis assault

Police on Saturday arrested a homeless, violent ex-con and charged him with randomly slugging actor Rick Moranis last month on the Upper West Side, The Post has learned.

A Transit Bureau sergeant spotted Marquis Ventura, 35, at 96th Street and Broadway and made the arrest.

Images of Ventura’s masked face had been widely publicized in the month since the unprovoked, caught-on-video attack steps from the actor’s Central Park West apartment.

“Thanks to an eagle-eyed sergeant from @nypdtransit, this suspect has been apprehended and charged,” the NYPD said in a tweet announcing the arrest in the Moranis beating.

“Huh?” an unblinking Ventura responded to a reporter’s question, as detectives led him in handcuffs from the 20th Precinct on the Upper West Side at 8:30 p.m.

He was taken to Central Booking and was expected to be arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on Sunday.

Ventura has a history of more than a dozen arrests, including five for felonies, the sources said.

His most recent arrest — for allegedly randomly pummeling a straphanger in the West 4th Street subway station — had been just two weeks after the attack on Moranis.

As with Moranis, that more recent victim, a 61-year-old man, was knocked to the ground.

When the victim’s pal tried to intervene, Ventura allegedly chomped down on the pal’s hand, and Ventura fled the station after a woman bystander thwacked him on the head with an umbrella, police said.

The “Ghostbusters” star, 67, had been walking on Central Park West near West 70th street on his way to his nearby apartment when the stranger suddenly slugged him, knocking him to the ground.

Moranis suffered pain in his head, back and right hip as a result of the attack.

The disturbing, unprovoked attack was filmed by sidewalk surveillance cameras, and more images of the masked suspect were captured from additional cameras.

The Moranis attack is now the third open stranger-assault case against Ventura.

He remains charged in the Bronx with misdemeanor assault for allegedly punching a young woman in the face after asking her for money on a No. 5 train on April 13, according to law enforcement sources and public court records.

That victim, who was 23, told cops that Ventura displayed a large knife during the attack.

[Spider2024]

Hope they do their worst to him!

Like... GIVE HIM BACK HIS OLD NOSE!

[Spider2024]

Serious post: This is a sad story all around since it highlights how tough dealing with both homelessness and mental illness can be, especially when the two are combined. It's sad because there really is no easy fix for either problem, especially when they're combined.

I very much hate to say this, but maybe committing him is the only good option, so that he doesn't hurt himself or anyone else. Again, it's sad, downright tragic, that the man deteriorated this far.

The world just sucks sometimes, doesn't it?

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

Committing him sounds like 100% the right option but if anybody was willing to pay for that I am guessing he already would be committed.

[Terry McConkey]

I wonder if Rick Moranis has spoken on this arrest? I wonder if he'd press charges or if he'd be forgiving considering the guy's mental illness?