‘Reacher’ star Alan Ritchson threatened to run over neighbor with motorcycle before attack: ‘I feared for my safety’

Alan Ritchson alleged that he “feared” for his and his kids’ information earlier he threatened to tally complete his “drunk” neighbour pinch his motorcycle during a heated altercation.

The “Reacher” prima elaborate his neighbour Ronnie Taylor’s alleged “unprovoked aggression” while riding bikes pinch his 2 sons successful their Brentwood, Tenn., vicinity connected Sunday, per a constabulary connection obtained by Page Six.

Ritchson claimed he was starring his 2 sons down their thoroughfare “when an fierce man purposely stepped successful beforehand of [his] motorcycle successful an effort to face [him].”

“In an effort to debar hitting him, I was forced to extremity truthful difficult my motorcycle flipped over, landing connected me,” nan character claimed, explaining that he was injured connected his thumb and elbow.

Ritchson alleged that erstwhile he sewage to his feet, Taylor came person to him “as if to fight.”

“I pushed him to nan crushed to create region betwixt america and information for myself and my kids,” he wrote, stating that nan man, whom he allegedly had ne'er seen before, threatened him for “driving for illustration a lunatic.”

“I could smell intoxicant dense connected his breath,” nan “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” prima continued.

However, Taylor allegedly continued to shriek astatine Ritchson, and “in anger,” nan second told him that he “should sound him out” aliases “should person tally him over.”

Ritchson past tried to time off without saying thing else, claiming Taylor had accused him of hitting him pinch his motorcycle and called him a “p–sy” successful an effort to provoke him.

“As I was attempting to time off peacefully, he put himself successful beforehand of my motorcycle again,” Ritchson wrote. “I revived nan motor arsenic if to inquire him to measurement aside, and he, pinch some hands, shoved maine truthful difficult that both, myself, and my motorcycle fell wholly to nan ground.”

“I wholly now feared for some my and my kids’ safety, having been aggressively stopped doubly and assaulted by this out-of-control individual,” he alleged.

Ritchson past explained nan released footage of him hitting Taylor, claiming he was trying to take sides himself and unit Taylor to “stay down” truthful that he and his kids could safely leave.

The “Fast X” prima alleged his efforts worked, penning he was capable to leave, moreover pinch nan man threatening and screaming astatine him.

“He was nan aggressor,” he alleged. “I was forced to take sides myself. This is nan first clip successful my life I person had to protect myself pinch force.”

In different statement, 1 witnesser confirmed that Taylor approached Ritchson and nan duo started hitting each other, while different witnesser claimed they saw Taylor push Ritchson first.

However, Taylor told officers that he approached Ritchson for driving excessively accelerated erstwhile nan character allegedly sewage disconnected his motorcycle and “became physical,” per documents obtained by Page Six.

During an question and reply pinch TMZ, Taylor was seen pinch bruises and scratches connected his face.

On Tuesday, nan Brentwood Police Department told nan Hollywood Reporter that Ritchson had acted successful self-defense and wouldn’t beryllium criminally charged.