The girl who was caught up in the recent incident between Louis Tomlinson and a paparazzi photographer has now spoken out in order to defend herself against fans who she says have been sending her online ‘hate’.

Tomlinson was arrested during the weekend after fighting with the pap at LAX Airport. He was arrested on suspicion of battery after protecting his girlfriend from some girls, before being released on bail to appear in court later this month on March 29.

Now, The Sun has reported that one of the girls has spoken out after receiving hate from One Direction's fans.

She wrote: "I would like to send out an official statement of what happened.

“Everyone is sending me hate for reasons which are NOT true. This is what happened.

“Me and my friend were at the airport and heard a commotion and yelling. My friend looks back and sees that it’s Louis and he is arguing with a person with a camera (paparazzi). We started freaking out because we were massive fans of One Direction and couldn’t believe we were seeing him.

“I got my phone out to record him because things like this only happen once in a lifetime. But a few seconds later this girl (which I later realised was Eleanor) comes up to me and pushes the phone out of my hand and tells me to ‘stop fucking recording’.

“I got angry because she had no right to try taking my phone away from me when I wasn’t even doing anything bad and my friend pushed her out of the way and accidentally into the wall and that’s I guess what Louis saw and when he came running to us. When he came over Eleanor pretended to act as if we were trying to fight her and acted if she was the victim.”