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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-4/
- Published: 2025-08-18T18:30:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-18T18:30:30.000Z
- Description: Crowe was led from the Mercer Hotel in handcuffs during the incident after lashing out at staff when he was unable to place a call to his then-wife. He spent six hours in custody before being charged.
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: Face of the Day

> Russell Crowe has opened up about his arrest for assault in 2005.  
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> The New Zealand-born actor, 61, was seized by police in New York in 2005 for assault after throwing a telephone at a hotel employee, and he has now reflected on the incident in an interview with the *Daily Telegraph* on Sunday.  
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> He said: “Look man, at 61, I can forgive my bad days.  
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> “I’m not at all one of those people that say you shouldn’t have regrets, I absolutely respect regret,” he said. “Regret is one of the greatest processes.” He added: “You know, you’re not gonna be finding any improvement by not being honest with yourself about who you are and what you did, what you might’ve said.”  
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> Crowe was led from the Mercer Hotel in handcuffs during the incident after lashing out at staff when he was unable to place a call to his then-wife, Danielle Spencer.  
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> He spent six hours in custody before being charged.  
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> Crowe references the incident in the music video for his latest single *Save Me*, recorded with his band, The Gentlemen Barbers.  
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> NZ Herald

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