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Actor Gene Hackman had given clothes, money and rides to a homeless man whom he slapped this week after the man became aggressive toward the Oscar-winning actor and his wife, according to a police report detailing the incident in Santa Fe, N.M.

Actor Gene Hackman had given clothes, money and rides to a homeless man whom he slapped this week after the man became aggressive toward the Oscar-winning actor and his wife, according to a police report detailing the incident here.
Mr. Becker told police that Mr. Hackman called him a worthless bum and told him to get a job.
Gene Hackman: Actor knew homeless man he slapped, police say →
Mr. Becker said he told Mr. Hackman, "Gene, you are just another Clint Eastwood; you are nothing but an empty chair," an apparent reference to Mr. Eastwood's Republican National Convention appearance this summer.
Gene Hackman: Actor knew homeless man he slapped, police say →