White Stripes Frontman In Motor City Fracas

12/22 UPDATE: Jack White charged

DECEMBER 15--White Stripes frontman Jack White may face assault charges in connection with a fracas Saturday night at a Detroit nightclub. According to the below Detroit Police Department report, White got into a beef with Jason Stollsteimer, a singer/guitarist with The Von Bondies, a Motor City band. Stollsteimer, 25, told cops that after he declined to speak with White, the rock star "became enraged" and without warning pulled him to the ground and punched him "on right eye approx. 7 times." White, who co-produced a 2002 Von Bondies album and has been recently feuding with the band, fled to the rear of the club while Stollsteimer subsequently received medical treatment. Officers reported that Stollsteimer suffered "large swelling/bruising" to his right eye and had a bloody nose. Tara Dunlop, a police spokesperson, told TSG that Detroit prosecutors are reviewing the incident and that White would most likely be hit with a misdemeanor assault rap. White, who is also known for dating actress Renee Zellweger, later filed a cross-complaint, claiming that he actually got pulled to the floor by Stollsteimer, who began throttling him "about the face & body," according to White's police report. In defending himself, White told cops he pounded Stollsteimer with his fists. The only damage White sustained were cuts to his left hand and "redness in his face." This was not the first time White and Stollsteimer have tangled. Last December, according to this Detroit Police Department complaint, Stollsteimer claimed that White hit him in the face, grabbed him by the neck, and tried to strangle him. Charges were apparently not filed in connection with that melee. (4 pages)