One.. it states he wasn't driving. So it wasn't his fault. I'd say that the teen probably got hit for being somewhere he shouldn't have been as paparazzi are known for not caring much about personal space.

Stopping only would have led to a billion pictures and stories. I can understand why he didn't stop. Should he have, or at least had the driver stop and check to see if the kid was alright? Yeah, probably.

I doubt it will affect his career, Robin Williams has been around a lot longer than his driver has been accidentally hitting paparazzi. The article also said he was upset, but as he wasn't even driving i don't see that having lasting emotional backlash.
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"What was he supposed to do?"

The law is pretty clear on this, if you hit someone you must stop the car and immediately call 911. The law WAS broken, this is fleeing the scene of a crime, like hit and run.

"Is this incident going to affect his career?"

Only for the positive, in Hollywood (especially when you are a washed up actor who hasn't done anything interesting in years) Any press is good press...I wouldn't be surprised if he gets cast in a big role soon because of all the publicity

"How this can affect Williams emotionally?"

Robin Williams is said to be an extremely sensitive guy. I assume he will be seeing a very good therapist to help minimize the emotional impact this will have on him. I think the new found publicity will effect him more than the actual hit and run. In show biz it really is true that any publicity is good publicity...people have been known to leak controversial information about themselves jus t to stir up some interest.
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