Cage's on-screen brother arrested

World Trade Centre actor Wass Stevens has been arrested for assault, reports claim.

Stevens, who played Nicolas Cage's brother in the 2006 film, was charged with attacking a man with the metal end of velvet rope outside Manhattan bar Avenue, where he works part-time as a doorman.

The alleged victim, 24-year-old student Peter Pak, told the New York Post: "He was very condescending. We started cursing at each other and arguing. He lifted the rope and tossed the end metal part at my face. My head cracked and I fell to the ground."

Pak was taken to hospital, where he had a Cat scan. He said: "There was no internal damage but I had huge blaring headaches."

Stevens's lawyer Sal Strazzullo said: "Wass is 100% innocent. He was released... without bail, which I think shows you the weakness of the case. There wasn't even a corroborating statement from the victim at the court hearing."

Wass, real name Mark Wasserman, recently starred as a promoter in The Wrestler.