The soak the rich angle won't work this time - In most excellent news for Keanu Reeves, a jury has totally voted in his favor in his civil trial: He doesn't owe anything to a paparazzo who sued him after he was injured while harrassing Keanu.
After deliberating for about three hours, jurors unanimously rejected the case Monday, ruling that Reeves is not responsible for Alison Silva's injury. Alison, a guy looking to get rich off his limp wrist, asked for a $711,974 chunk of Keanu's bank account to cover medical bills, lost wages and punitive damages.
The trial actually took 5 DAYS to decide. Reeves, 44, testified last week that he did not knock the photographer down to avoid having his picture taken, saying the man stumbled and fell while walking backward from the car. Silva claims the actor struck him with his Porsche in March 2007, causing him to fall and injure his left wrist.
Reeves' lawyer said Silva risked his own safety needlessly to try to get a picture.
"He was looking forward to making a lot of money that night from an image he thought he could sell," lawyer Alfred Gerisch told the jury. "He threw caution to the wind, he threw out common sense."
Keanu's next movie up is the "The Day the Earth Stood Still."
