Over the weekend, there was a rumor floating around that Jake Gyllenhaal beat up a girl. The whole story originated at Drunken Stepfather (NSFW site), where one of their bloggers claimed that he (the blogger is a dude) went up to Jake and asked, “Aren’t you the guy who kissed Heath Ledger?” To which Jake allegedly went crazy, and ordered security to take away the blogger dude. The blogger went on to allege that Jake “shoved” one of the girls the blogger was with. Of course, Drunken Stepfather then changed both the blogger’s words (to “Hey isn’t that the guy who killed Heath Ledger?”) and the name of the original post (from “Jake Gyllenhaal is a F-ggot of the day” to “Jake Gyllenhaal Pushes Girls Around of the Day”). E! News sums up the situation:

Did Jake Gyllenhaal roughhouse with a woman this weekend?

No, we don’t mean in the fun way, babes. There’s a report going around that the Prince of Persia star got into a little altercation up in Montreal over the weekend.

And we’re here to sort things out for you…

The alleged incident supposedly went down Saturday night at restaurant Garde-Manger.
Apparently Gyllenhaal was dancing on the bench of his table with a group of pals, ticking off a blogger from DrunkenStepfather a few feet away who found the show to be quite egocentric.

Said blogger then went up to Jake’s table, turned to a girl there and goes (according the blogger himself): “Hey isn’t that the guy who kissed Heath Ledger?”

Gyllenhaal apparently got in the guys face, told him to f–ck off and got the dude escorted out of the club. Only problem is in this he-said, he-said tale is that the blogger also claims his female guest was pushed about 10 times by Gyllenhaal before J.G.’s crew pulled him away.

Gyllenhaal’s rep claims blogger’s story is “libelous” and informs us his lawyers are taking “immediate action.”

And for more info on what really went down, here’s what we’ve learned:

Jake was definitely at the restaurant Saturday night (he’s a regular there) as was the blogger. Main discrepancy here? We’re told by sources who were present that the blogger in question said, “Hey isn’t that the guy who killed Heath Ledger?” prompting Jake to yell to the bouncers “get these guys out of my face.”

The instigator and his crew were then thrown out.

We originally read this blog post yesterday, where the site definitely had “killed” not “kissed” up until it was later changed. The post actually backs up this supposed kill claim by ranting in the item that if Jake was Ledger’s friend, he probably would have been there for him in his low point.

Seriously can’t say we blame Gyllenhaal’s heated reaction. “Isn’t that the guy who killed Heath Ledger?” Not a funny joke, dude. We wish punches were thrown.

As for this girl who was supposedly caught in the crossfire? Onlookers tell us “there were a bunch of girls” there but “no one was shoved or hurt.”

Jake is currently in Montreal filming Source Code, which won’t be affected by this nonincident. We hear filming has been going “great” up there before this.

[From E! News]

Currently, Drunken Stepfather still has the story up, and they added a new one basically claiming to stand by the story, and publishing the letter sent by Jake’s lawyer, which in a nut shell claims: “the story is entirely false. Specific false and defamatory statements in your story include, without limitation, the claims that he was “making out” with a girl in the restaurant, that he threatened you, and, most damaging of all, that he pushed the girl who was with you into a table at least ten times before his crew held him back and that he “pretty much hit a girl.” As you know, none of this is true, and there was no physical contact between Mr. Gyllenhaal and the girl in question – nothing that could under any interpretation be described as hitting her or shoving her. There is absolutely no excuse for this kind of irresponsible journalism.” DS responds:

“I know what happened. I know what I saw. I don’t really care whether his profession Lawyers, managers, Publicists and other keepers say it didn’t….

I wasn’t the drunk one dancing on bars like a fool. I saw what I saw. I witnessed what I witnessed and telling my story is not defamation of character, it is free press, I am allowed to say what I saw as a first hand account of the events that took place if I was in fact there…I love that they are telling me what I saw, or at least trying to tell me what I saw because rich and powerful people can create my reality if it involves their client…If he doesn’t want to be called someone who shoves girls…he shouldn’t shove girls….especially since he only lost his mind after I made a comment to a person he was with, not even directly to him…

What I can tell you is that when he got in my face I thought it was a joke…but when he hurt and scared the girl I was with for telling him to calm down and even made her cry…it was no longer that funny…

I hate how celebrities think they are above the law, that they can do what they “erase” events I witnessed, that they try to destroy the little credibility I have while using scare tactics cuz I don’t come from a rich Hollywood family…”

[From Drunken Stepfather]

Ugh. I don’t really know who to believe, especially since DS’s story changed to reflect the kissing/killing problem. I believe Jake would get angry if someone said something to him about “killing Heath Ledger”. I believe that Jake would try to get that guy thrown out. I believe that Jake would probably try to get the guy’s friends thrown out too. BUT… shoving a girl? Eh. I just doubt it. Of course, I also think DS is generally horribly offensive, so maybe I’m just one of those sensitive types!