Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Ryan Phillippe's ex-girlfriend Elsie Rose Hewitt alleged that the actor physically abused her while they were still together, the Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday. And now Phillippe has responded. Hewitt filed a lawsuit Monday in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming that Phillippe had hit, kicked, and pushed her down a flight of stairs on the fourth of July. The alleged incident described in Hewitt's lawsuit was also reported to the LAPD. According to Hewitt's lawsuit: "[Ryan Phillippe] grabbed [her] upper arm so tightly that his grip left heavy bruises on her arm hours later.