Actor De'aundre Bonds hospitalized with bloody facial injuries after reports he was beaten unconscious by gang

By Caitlin O'toole For Dailymail.com

Published: 17:30 EST, 25 September 2015 | Updated: 19:46 EST, 25 September 2015

Actor De'aundre Bonds has been hospitalized after he was beaten and left on the side of the road, according to reports.

The Wood actor was jumped by a gang of attackers in Los Angeles around midnight on Thursday, and suffered brutal facial injuries,TMZ claims. 

However, Bonds has denied he was attacked by a gang, writing on Instagram 'I did not get jump last night!!'

Attacked: Actor and hip-hop artist De'aundre Bonds was taken to hospital after he was attacked by a group and beaten unconscious in downtown Los Angeles in the early hours of Friday

Attacked: Actor and hip-hop artist De'aundre Bonds was taken to hospital after he was attacked by a group and beaten unconscious in downtown Los Angeles in the early hours of Friday

The images, taken in hospital and published on TMZ, show Bonds with bloody injuries and bruising on his face.

The images show a gaping wound over his eyebrow, and a gash above his nose. 

Bonds was left unconscious by the side of the road, until a friend happened to drive by and recognized him, he apparently said.

He was then taken to hospital, where doctors gave him eight stitches across his eyebrow and another two stitches on a gash above his nose. 

Injured: Actor De'aundre Bonds in 1996 film Sunset Park

Injured: Actor De'aundre Bonds in 1996 film Sunset Park

The actor, who was seen in acclaimed comedy Dope this summer, allegedly says he doesn't know his attackers.

Bonds served nearly a decade in prison after being convicted of manslaughter in the stabbing death of his aunt's boyfriend, Anthony Matthews, in 2001. He was released in March, 2011.

The Los Angeles-born actor and rapper also has been seen in Spike Lee film Get On The Bus, as well as Gangster Squad and Tales From The Hood. 

He has guest starred on TV series including NYPD Blue, Picket Fences, Rizzoli & Isles and Touched By An Angel.

Hospitalized: Bonds attended the Dance 4 Hope Dance-A-Thon in Los Angeles on December 3, 2011

Hospitalized: Bonds attended the Dance 4 Hope Dance-A-Thon in Los Angeles on December 3, 2011

 

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