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updated 12:01 a.m. ET Feb. 28, 2007

LOS ANGELES - Sean “Diddy” Combs was accused of battery at a Hollywood hotel the day of the Academy Awards, police said Tuesday.

Police took a report from someone who accused Combs of battery at the famed Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on Sunday, said Officer Jason Lee, a police spokesman.

The hotel is across the street from the Kodak Theatre, the site of Sunday’s Oscars ceremony. Combs was in town for Academy Award events.

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Lee did not release further details.

The celebrity news Web site TMZ.com reported that the complaint was filed by real estate agent Gerard Rechnitzer, 27.

According to a document posted on the site, Rechnitzer was punched shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday on the right side of his face by someone who had talked to his girlfriend.

The document, parts of which are blacked out, resembles a “receipt” form that police typically give to someone who lodges a complaint. It does not mention Combs by name.

Combs’ publicist, Meghan Prophet, declined to comment. Rechnitzer’s phone number was not listed.