NEW YORK — The action is getting a little too real for "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" star Gerald McCullouch.
The 41-year-old actor was recently attacked on a New York City subway by a knife-wielding mugger who attempted to steal his laptop.
In an interview with Rush & Molloy of the New York Daily News, McCullouch says the incident took place around 2 a.m. on an A train, just as it was pulling into the Utica Blvd. station.
"Just as the doors opened, he reached for the laptop," explained McCullouch. "I guess he thought he'd grab it and dash out the door, but I gave him a body shot to the chest. I don't know why I did that except that I box three or four days a week and had just been in the ring about eight hours before."
Before he knew it, McCullouch said the attacker was pulling out a kitchen knife from a plastic bag.
"This thing must have had a blade 10 inches long," said McCullouch. "The other passengers started running out the door and into the next car."
"I still had my headphones on with music blaring," the actor continued. "I yelled at the top of my lungs, 'Get the [bleep] away from me!' That's when the knife came down into my back. I don't know whether he lost his grip or what, but the blade didn't penetrate my leather jacket."
Police soon arrived on the scene, where they arrested McCullouch's 6-foot-3, 240-pound attacker. The 39-year-old male suspect was charged with possession of a weapon, robbery and assault.
The incident wasn't the first time McCullouch has stared down trouble. He was also mugged at gunpoint in Atlanta in 2001.
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