Alleged murder attempt sparked by jealousy of porn actor: LAPD

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A man is accused of trying to smash an adult film star’s motorcycle and bludgeon the victim with a golf club, Los Angeles police say.

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James Gosselin, 26, allegedly tried to run over the male porn star — identified in an LAPD search warrant affidavit as “Hamilton” — while Hamilton rode his motorcycle on April 2, the Los Angeles Times reported.

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The warrant’s statement of probable cause said that Gosselin was jealous because Hamilton had made an adult film with his ex-girlfriend. The ex requested to be identified by a stage name, “Ivy,” citing concern for her safety.

The accused was booked for attempted murder on April 4, according to jail records, and released the next day on a $1-million bond.

He was also charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon other than a firearm and faces an additional charge for illegal possession of a loaded gun in public, according to Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department arrest records.

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Gosellin pleaded not guilty to all charges on May 3. He is scheduled to appear in court on June 6 for a preliminary hearing.

His attorney didn’t respond to a request for comment from the Times.

In the alleged April 2 attack, Hamilton was cruising on his motorcycle when another vehicle bumped into his back wheel twice, causing him to lose balance, according to the search warrant affidavit.

Hamilton told LAPD investigators that he looked back to see Gosselin try unsuccessfully to put a ski mask on before exiting his vehicle, wielding a golf club.

Gosselin allegedly swung and missed a few times but managed to hit Hamilton once on his lower back — hard enough to later cause bruising, according to the warrant document.

Hamilton tackled Gosselin and broke his orbital bone with a punch to the face, police said. Officers arrived and took Gosselin into custody without incident.

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Gosselin admitted that he owned a ski mask, golf club and untraceable ghost gun that officers found in his car, cops said.

He was taken to hospital and later released for an unspecified “medical reason,” cops said in the warrant documents.

Hamilton told LAPD Det. Gerardo Rivera that he started receiving text messages on April 3 from friends warning that Gosselin was out of the hospital and looking for him.

Gosselin’s “demeanor and reputation of carrying a firearm” made Hamilton fear for his safety, he told Rivera.

A mutual friend of the men told cops that Gosselin was upset about his breakup with Ivy and Ivy’s relationship with Hamilton.

The mutual friend also said that Gosselin told her he planned to borrow a truck, wait for Hamilton on the street, murder him and put his body in the truck to dispose of it, the warrant affidavit said.

Gosselin wasn’t mentally well and was “willing to shoot it out with police officers when arrested,” the friend told Rivera.

Gosselin and Ivy’s relationship ended in February, the search warrant said.

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