Terrence Howard's $5 Mil Punch?
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Rough month for Terrence Howard. First he's bounced from Iron Man 2. And now he has been tagged with a $5 million lawsuit.
The onetime Oscar nominee is facing allegations of assault from Tex Allen, the composer of the Broadway revival of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof that Howard headlined last winter. Allen, a jazz pianist and brother of Cat's director, Debbie Allen, claims he was punched in the kisser by Howard during a rehearsal back in January.
Neither Tex Allen nor a rep for the show could be reached for comment on the suit, which was first reported in the New York Post. But Howard's publicist, Michelle Benson, says the flap is much ado about nothing.
"We are aware of the allegations and expect this frivolous suit to be dismissed," she tells E! News.
Howard has been making the rounds promoting his debut pop album, Shine Through It, which hit stores in September.
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