By Charlotte Dean For Mailonline
Published: 00:13 BST, 15 April 2019 | Updated: 00:28 BST, 15 April 2019
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Benedict Cumberbatch reportedly knocked a man off his new bike while driving along a country lane and moments later was slapped by the furious cyclist.
The actor, 42, allegedly caught the arm of the rider, Michael Lawrence, 63, during the collision which took place in Freshwater, Isle Of Wight last September.
Mr Lawrence, affectionately known as Scooby, is claimed to have got up off the floor and immediately slapped Cumberbatch - before realising he was an A-list star.
Benedict Cumberbatch reportedly knocked a man off his new bike while driving along a country lane and moments later was slapped by the cyclist
A friend of the cyclist told The Sun that Mr Lawrence couldn't see anywhere to move to avoid the car and instead put his arm out in order to stop the vehicle.
They said: 'He just put his arm over him and took the full force of the impact
