Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- An aspiring actor in New York state has been charged with beating two colleagues after he was criticized for botching his lines. Brian Raber, 27, of North Bellport, was rehearsing "Homefront", in which he played a soldier returning from war. Some of the cast had apparently criticized his rendition of his lines, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Advertisement Police say he slugged co-star Bianca Massi, a 17-year-old who played the part of the soldier's girlfriend, and then when the director, Toni Munna, confronted him, he punched her four times with a closed fist. Massi was treated and released from the hospital; Munna underwent reconstructive surgery for severe facial injuries. Both had been punched in their face. Raber is charged with first- and third-degree assault and was being held at the Suffolk County jail in Riverhead in lieu of $100,000 cash bail at his arraignment in Southampton Village Justice Court. The court also ordered him to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. He faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted.
