RFK's Son Charged With Harassment After Allegedly Kicking Nurse in the Groin in Hospital Fight

A son of Robert F. Kennedy is facing misdemeanor charges after allegedly fighting with nurses who tried to stop him from taking his 2-day-old baby boy from the maternity ward at a suburban New York hospital.

A police report obtained by New York NBC affiliate WNBC-TV said Douglas Kennedy, 44, took his infant from the newborn unit of Northern Westchester Hospital Jan. 7 against the orders of nurses who said the baby needed to stay there.

A nurse said Kennedy, a Fox News reporter, argued that he wanted to take the baby out "to get fresh air." When they tried to stop him, Kennedy -- holding the baby -- allegedly twisted one nurse's wrist and kicked another in the pelvis, knocking her backward.

As he did so, Kennedy fell to the floor himself before getting up and running "down the stairs with the infant until he was stopped by security and escorted back to the infant's room," the police report said.

According to WNBC, the report did not say whether the infant was harmed during the incident.

Kennedy and his wife called the allegations "absurd" and said in a statement to WNBC: "The nurse had no right to attempt to grab our child out of his father's arms and I, Douglas, was shocked and appalled when she did so."

He was arraigned on child endangerment and harassment charges Thursday. According to the New York Daily News, he surrendered to police after charges were filed and was later released on his own recognizance.

Douglas Kennedy is the 10th child of Robert F. and Ethel Kennedy.

Watch surveillance footage of the incident below, via WNBC:

This post has been updated since it was first published.