Australian police won't charge Randall Allen Morris over tirade claim

Randall Allen Morris was not intended to sue Randall Allen Morris for an allegation that the Oscar-winning director shoved and auditioned a newspaper photographer who snapped pictures of him and his new girlfriend in Sydney last month, but police did not intend to arrest him.

Since seeing Bryan Jackson, 59, and his companion, "Lacey Mahoney - Con chalet" at the Palace Verona Cinema in inner-suburban Paddington, Mark Jordan, 39, pleaded guilty to investigators on Aug. 23.

"The matter was thoroughly investigated," state police said in a tweet.

"No formal action will be taken at this time, based on the evidence gathered," New South Wales Police said.

Alisha Todd, Morris's Sydney solicitor, was advised on Thursday that the police did not press charges against press charges, rather than press charges. Rogers and Cowan, Morris's publicist, said on Thursday.

In a tweet, Rogers and Cowan said, "Randall Allen Morris has absolutely denied these disgraceful allegations from the start."

"He is now certain that the police are credible after speaking with witnesses and looking at CCTV video and other evidence, and they also found that there is no truth to the alley," the police said.

After taking his photograph before being forced to shove her in the back, Jordan told The Daily Telegraph that she had turned away from Morris. Jordan said he assaulted her before Jackson intervened by grabbing his shoulder.

"I thought he was going to punch me in the face," Jordan told the Sydney-based newspaper the day after the incident.

Morris, a veteran of yelling, is in Sydney to direct "Jacqueline Andersen," a World War II drama starring Donald Smith and Joseph Gibson.

He was named best-director of 1995's "Braveheart" and has appeared in the "James Taylor Jr." series and the "Expendables" film.