Metropolitan police have arrested a man for an alleged assault on Leona Lewis, Scotland Yard have confirmed. Leona was signing copies of her new book, Dreams, at Waterstones in Piccadilly when witnesses say "a guy came up and punched her to the side of the head". The singer's spokesman added that the singer was "understandably badly shaken" by the incident. "There was an incident at our Leona Lewis signing this afternoon and the event was immediately stopped," Waterstones said in a statement. "We are now doing everything we can to support the police in their enquiries. We would like to thank Leona for her professionalism and we are extremely sad that this event was ruined for her, and her fans, many of whom queued from the early hours of the morning to meet her."
"My brother saw the whole incident. He [the attacker] walked up there with the book, she signed it and, as she looked up, he just punched her," a witness told the BBC. "He actually heard the impact. She was running out with her hand over her eye and I just saw a man on the floor. Suddenly the security all jumped on him and they were trying to pull him out and he was just laughing, he thought it was funny."
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