Actor Jason Patric In Texas Booze Bust

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MARCH 30--Actor Jason Patric was busted by Texas cops early yesterday and charged with misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest and public intoxication. The 37-year-old thespian smelled of alcohol and fought with police after they tried to cuff him, according to the below probable cause affidavit filed in the City of Austin Municipal Court. Patric's trouble began at 2:45 AM when he mocked a patrolman who sought to clear large crowd of pedestrians out of a roadway. Asked if he had a problem complying with the police directive, Patric "assumed an aggressive stance." That, of course, is never a good idea when dealing with the fuzz. In short order, Patric tussled with the officer and fell to the ground with the cop (where he was eventually cuffed). Patric, in the Lone Star State for the premiere of his new film "The Alamo," was booked into the Travis County Jail, where the headshot at right was snapped. A Patric spokesperson denied that the actor was intoxicated, claiming that he was "passively standing on the street corner" when a cop "lunged at him." (2 pages)