Clarkson’s contract with Top Gear has been stopped due to an incident where he became violent with fellow Top Gear producer, Oisin Tymon. Ken Macquarrie, the head of BBC Scotland, held a long investigation where it was discovered that Clarkson and Tymon were engaged in a physical and verbal altercation on location in which Tymon was left bruised and with a bloodied lip. The entire ordeal lasted only 30 seconds.
It has been reported that the attacked was unprovoked by Tymon and he also did not retaliate. It is also said that Clarkson continued to verbally abuse Tymon long after the attack and threatened to sack him. There has been no report from Macquarrie as to why Clarkson attacked Tymon, but Clarkson reported the incident himself and owned up to his wrongdoings.