"In the video of the altercation obtained by The Sun, which went on for 10 whole minutes, the other cyclist said Cumberbatch ALLEGEDLY ran a red light or two, which Cumberbatch denied. (Note: to get the full effect, read in a gentle but stern RP accent.) "You're deluded. You're lying. I was behind you the entire time," the cyclist told Cumberbatch. "Dude, you verbally abused me!" Cumberbatch shouted back in the middle of the street, to which the cyclist replied, "Oh no, I verbally abused the guy who repeatedly broke the law.""
"And that's when Cumberbatch made the fatal mistake: admitting partial wrongdoing. "I did it once," he said. But Your Honor, he only did it once! "They went at each other about five times," an onlooker told the tabloid, and for the entire 10 minutes of the exchange, the two were still standing in the bike lane and "blocked the lane so no one else could get through," per another onlooker."
"But the real kicker is that after fighting with a stranger on the street, Cumberbatch started posing for pictures with fans, who had been asking for photos mid-fight, to which he replied, "Not at the moment, in a minute." A gentleman! "It was crazy. It was such a pompous road-rage incident it almost felt staged," another witness said. Hm...That does sound sus"
Benedict Cumberbatch was involved in a road-rage altercation with another cyclist in London. Footage shows Cumberbatch leaving his bicycle and confronting the other rider after accusations of running red lights. The exchange included direct accusations and denials, with the other cyclist claiming Cumberbatch repeatedly broke the law and Cumberbatch shouting that he was verbally abused. Cumberbatch admitted partial wrongdoing by saying he did it once. The confrontation lasted about ten minutes, with both riders standing in the bike lane and blocking passage. After the street confrontation, Cumberbatch declined photos briefly, then posed for fans afterward.
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