Overview

• LAPD says officers responded around 10:40 a.m. in Silver Lake to a reported battery and took Cruz into custody on a private person’s arrest.
• Booking records show the 60-year-old was processed and released on his own recognizance the same day.
• Police and the reporting party allege he sprayed water toward a woman, while his agent says any contact was inadvertent as strangers parked close and filmed him.
• No formal charges had been filed as of Tuesday, and online records list a court appearance set for Oct. 1.
• Identities and ages of the women have not been publicly disclosed, and similar misdemeanor cases in L.A. are often resolved through office hearings or diversion rather than prosecution.