LOS ANGELES: Ashton Kutcher reportedly got into a violent confrontation with a security guard at Stagecoach, a country music festival, in Indio. Eyewitness says that the actor was not aggressive, it was the security personnel who was “out of line”.

Tmz.com reports that eyewitnesses said that Kutcher was in the VIP area near the stage to check out Nick 13 and Dwight Yoakam, when a woman approached him to say, ‘Hi’ and shake his hand. When Kutcher went to greet the woman, security intervened and shoved the two of them and chaos ensued.

Kutcher and the security guard went at it, each violently shoving the other. The actor’s friends had to restrain him.

The guard demanded that Kutcher be ejected, but the celebrity left on his own.

Eyewitnesses said that Kutcher was not the aggressor. They said the security guard was overzealous and out of line.

When contacted Kutcher’s representative for comment, so far, no comment.

[With inputs from IANS]