REPORT: Gene Hackman Slaps Homeless Man Who Threatened His Wife

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Gene Hackman reportedly slapped a homeless man who threatened the actor and his wife outside a restaurant in Sante Fe, New Mexico on Tuesday.

A man named Bruce Becker is said to have approached the couple in menacing fashion, at one point calling Hackman’s wife a “c**t.”

The expletive led Hackman hit Becker in the face, according to TMZ.

Becker reportedly called the police to report the incident, but cops determined that Hackman had acted in self-defense.

No charges have been filed.

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