Jamie Foxx Party Stabbing Report Reversed By Sheriff’s Investigators

Jamie Foxx‘s Halloween party drew stabbing headlines before investigators determined the reported knife attack hadn’t happened.

Detectives reached that conclusion after contacting the injured guest on November 9, two days after deputies responded to the gathering at his California home.

“On 11/9/26, detectives contacted the victim in this incident, and per their investigation it was determined the victim was not assaulted with a knife, and the injury appears to be from a mutual combat /simple battery,” Sergeant Sean Taylor wrote in the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office statement.

Taylor prepared the release, which Captain Albert Ramirez approved before it appeared on Nixle Monday.

That finding changes a central detail in the initial reports of a stabbing. Deputies had booked a juvenile suspect for assault with a deadly weapon based on the information available that night.

The November 8 video below predates the sheriff’s November 9 correction and reflects those earlier reports. The sheriff’s statement now describes a different explanation for the injury.

The update also separates that incident from two other assaults under investigation.

“While deputies were at the original call for service, they witnessed a separate assault in which a male juvenile kicked another individual in the head,” Taylor wrote in the release.

Officers arrested that teenager, while medical workers treated the injured person at the scene. Another guest later reported being punched and kicked after falling in a mosh pit near the stage.

That guest said he lost consciousness and subsequently discovered his phone and money were missing. Investigators recovered his phone from the party’s lost-and-found and returned it, according to the release.

The event brought at least 3,000 people to the Hidden Valley property. Organizers and the homeowner had arranged private security and on-site medical personnel before the gathering.

Investigators are now asking attendees to help establish what happened across the three incidents.

“The East County Investigations Bureau is seeking assistance from anyone who may have captured video footage of these incidents using a cellular phone or other recording device,” Taylor wrote.

Ventura County Crime Stoppers is offering up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest and criminal complaint.