Well, *that* happened

[ehs_wildcats]

LA Times has perhaps the most non-sensationalized version of this story, so I'll lead with that:
Actor Zac Efron got into an altercation with at least one homeless person early Sunday in downtown Los Angeles after the vehicle he and a friend were driving became "stranded," police officials confirmed

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[ehs_wildcats]

yeah there are a number of things that don't quite make sense or match up, though i imagine tmz is the exaggerated version of things. their sources seem especially dubious given how they so badly messed up the location, much to zac's detriment as now skid row is on the tip of everyone's tongue tbh. even the times don't match up. and ofc the cop in the la times says only there were indications of a fight not that they saw the fight. so who knows if it was really that much of a brawl or rather some pushing around. and all of that doesn't even account for the 'bodyguard' statement.

so somewhere amongst all this is probably the sort-of-half-truth? idk.

i do personally think it is strange that if the cops were on patrol for drug deals, why did they not go further than just getting the details on what happened. they didn't owe zac or anyone anything and the situation, to us, seems very suspicious so i wonder why they didn't investigate further given their patrol goals. i just keep thinking bobby goren would've searched the car, lol.

[musewriter]

That's the thing that make sense. Even if any of this is half true, if the cops were there why did they let them go? If there was "evidence of an altercation" or suspicious activity you don't just let the involved parties go...

[kleth]

The story was on Good Morning America today - not as sensational as TMZ, and with (ugh) lots of intro clips from HSM and the quick closer, "he has also done some more mature roles."

The cop business is the one ray of hope in this story. They would of course survey the participants for signs of intoxication. The fact that neither Zac nor his companion were detained means that they didn't appear to be hindered from driving.