British singer Leona Lewis was punched in the head as she signed autographs and posed for photos at a book signing in London on Wednesday.
Her spokesman Stuart Bell said Lewis, 24, had been meeting members of the public at Waterstone’s book store in Piccadilly in central London for about 90 minutes when a man from the line came up and hit her. He was immediately led away by security guards and later arrested by police.
Bell said Lewis, who was launching her new autobiography “Dreams,” was shaken up by the incident and went to see a doctor as a precaution.
Lewis, whose powerful voice has been compared to Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, was the 2006 winner of reality show the X Factor.
