Louis Tomlinson Defended His Girlfriend Eleanor Calder During Airport Incident, Video Shows

Now that a video has been released from the incident involving Louis Tomlinson and a photographer’s altercation at LAX Airport, we have a clearer understanding of what actually happened.

It looks like the 25-year-old former One Direction singer was trying to defend his girlfriend Eleanor Calder in the moments leading up to his arrest.

In the video, Eleanor is seen walking, possibly to the bathroom, and the photographer runs right in front of her track to snap photos. She is clearly startled and turns around and puts her hands over her face. While she walks away, Louis goes up to the photographer and tries to grab his camera. The man continues snapping away throughout all of this.

Louis and the photographer get into a bit of a struggle and while walking away, Louis appears to fall down and he decides to bring the photographer down with him. The photographer then falls backward and hits his head on the ground.

When Louis gets up, he rushes to Eleanor‘s side as he sees that she has been pushed into a corner by several women who appear to be ganging up on her. While it’s not clear what happened in the moments before the camera pans to her, it looks like Eleanor is being attacked and Louis pulls a woman off his girlfriend. Airport security then intervenes and pulls everyone apart.

Louis was arrested and booked at a nearby LAPD jail for simple battery.