A spokeswoman for Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said no charges would
be brought against Hugh "because there were clear discrepancies between the
accounts of independent witnesses and those of the photographers involved."
The spokeswoman said "it is not in the public interest to prosecute" the
actor for the beans-related part of the incident.
She added "the minimal nature of the alleged assault and the lack of
premeditation on the part of Mr. Grant" also factored in the decision not to
prosecute.
Hugh, 46, previously said of the allegations: "This is something being made
out of nothing. I'm confident I will be vindicated at the end of this and
have not done anything wrong."
The 'Love Actually' star voluntarily handed himself in at London's Notting
Hill police station on April 25 where he was arrested and questioned for 30
minutes.
He was bailed and agreed to return for further questioning in May.
Hugh, who was walking near his West London home at 10am when the incident
occurred, lashed out when paparazzo Ian Whittaker asked if he could take his
picture.
The 43-year-old photographer alleged the actor kicked him three times and
kneed him near the groin.
Whittaker said: "It looked like he had been out for a morning jog. I asked
him if he would give me a smile because he was standing with his head down.
But he must have been having a bad day because he started chasing me down
the street.
"He gave me a couple of kicks in the legs and I think he kneed me."