New sources have now suddenly come forward about the Gerard Butler beating incident last night. Ohhhhhh.... so he was provoked!

According to pro-Butler accounts, the pap was a dickhead and tried to kill people with his car while following the star and was doing so for hours.

This is why Gerry got out of his limo to wail on his face.

Gerry’s publicist has yet to issue an “official” statement although judging from the latest reports, he’s so totally a selfless hero, non?