Timbaland was arrested in Germany early Monday morning after a violent bar brawl that left a twenty-nine year-old Croatian man in the hospital with injuries to his rib cage and multiple bruises.

Cologne police spokesperson Juergen Goebel says eye witnesses confirmed a heated argument between Timbaland, members of Tim’s entourage, and an unidentified man in the bar of the Intercontinental Hotel at 11:30 pm on Sunday night.

Sources claim the fight began when Timbaland began flirting with the man’s girlfriend. Fists started flying after Tim was the subject of a racial slur.

Timbaland was questioned and held in custody for about an hour and later released.