Police Conclude Alan Ritchson Acted in Self Defense in Neighbor Fight

Alan Ritchson is in the clear.

Local police concluded that the Reacher star acted in self-defense during an explosive fight with his neighbor, Ronnie Taylor, on Sunday in the Nashville suburb of Brentwood, Tennessee. As such, police have closed the investigation and will not pursue any charges in the matter, which stemmed from an altercation involving the two men over Ritchson’s motorcyle which Taylor claimed was causing a noise disturbance.

“After reviewing available evidence, including video footage and witness statements, authorities determined that no criminal charges will be pursued. Mr. Ritchson’s actions were found to be in self-defense,” Brentwood Police Captain Steven Pepin tells The Hollywood Reporter.

Pepin added that Ritchson declined to pursue any charges of his own against the neighbor who admitted that he instigated the physical contact. “Although a potential reckless endangerment charge was considered, Mr. Ritchson declined to pursue charges. With the agreement of the District Attorney’s Office, the case is now closed, and no further action will be taken,” per Pepin.

TMZ broke the story over the weekend by publishing a video that featured Ritchson in an altercation with Taylor. The footage, now known to have been edited down from a longer clip, began with Taylor on the ground in a front lawn with Ritchson hovering over him and hitting him multiple times. However, a fuller picture emerged over the past 24 hours as additional clips surfaced, including footage from Ritchson’s own body cam, that showed Taylor rushing into the street to confront Ritchson and attacking him first.

Taylor told TMZ on Monday that the situation unfolded over two days, beginning on Saturday when he claims to have witnessed Ritchson speeding through the neighborhood on a motorcycle and causing a disturbance. Taylor then claimed that he spotted Ritchson on his motorcycle again, this time on Sunday joined by two individuals also on motorbikes, a pair that happened to be the actor’s young sons.

Taylor confronted Ritchson in the street at which point the situation allegedly turned physical with Taylor admitted on TMZ Live that he was the one who instigated the physical contact by shoving Ritchson and pushing him off his Kawasaki. The outlet also reported that Taylor “dared Alan to hit him” while Ritchson was still on the ground, though the actor tried to leave the scene until he was shoved by Taylor.

“On Sunday, when I was cleaning my bike outside my house, he rode past once, twice and on the second time, I walked out in front of him, and I said, ‘You got to stop. Someone’s going to get hurt,’” Taylor claimed in his interview. “Then it escalated quite quickly from there. I did push him because he was coming toward me on his bike.” Video footage showed that Taylor had rushed into the street to block Ritchson’s motorcyle. He also then said he “pushed him again” at which point Ritchson defended himself, per police.

🚨NEW: Video shows how the fight started between Alan Ritchson and his neighbor

The neighbor stepped directly in front of the bike, causing Ritchson to flip over the handlebars

The neighbor previously said he told the actor to “slow it down.”

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Ritchson, a known motorcycle enthusiast who posed on a Ducati for a THR cover story in 2024, is back in the United States after filming back to back movies in Australia and New Zealand. He starred in Netflix’s War Machine, which just debuted on the streamer, for filmmaker Patrick Hughes. They reunited Down Under for a project inspired by the life of Navy SEAL Mike Thornton, which was recently filming.

Reps for Ritchson have yet to comment on the matter.