Charles Harrison Streep, a 31-year-old nephew of Meryl Streep, was arrested early Thursday at his house on Pondview Lane in East Hampton Village in what police called “a road rage assault,” reported to have taken place in the Chase Bank parking lot off Main Street on Monday afternoon.
The victim, whose name was not released, "sustained serious head trauma requiring emergency surgery," police said in a statement on Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Streep was charged with assault in the second degree and strangulation in the second degree, both felonies.
Police had responded to multiple calls reporting a fight in progress in the parking lot at 11:30 a.m. on Monday, Lieut. Gregory Brown said Friday afternoon.
"Upon arrival, the disturbance was over and one party had left the scene,” Lieutenant Brown stated. Mr. Steep had left, in an Audi convertible; the alleged victim left in a Ford sedan after being interviewed by officers. “There happened to be an off-duty E.M.T. ambulance in the area,” police said, though the victim declined medical attention. No ambulance was called.
Police withheld the victim’s identity, “not wishing to compromise the investigation,” said the lieutenant, but confirmed that later in the day he had been taken to Southampton Hospital, from where he was immediately transferred to Stony Brook University Hospital for surgery.
Mr. Streep is the son of Dana Streep and a grandson of former Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon. He was arraigned on Thursday by East Hampton Town Justice Steven Tekulsky and released on $5,000 bail to appear in court at a later date.
This article has been updated since it was first published.
