Katt Williams is now a free man after being arrested for allegedly stealing a camera from a paparazzo. Upon his release from jail, Williams says he and Suge Knight were trying to protect a child.

TMZ caught up with Williams just hours after his release. At that time, he revealed he and Knight were protecting a child from being recorded but never took the woman's camera.

In the clip, Williams says he caught the woman recording a five-year-old child in an alley alone presumably conducting an inappropriate act with the minor. When he approached the woman to delete the recording, the comedic actor says she agreed and then took off running.

Suge Knight has yet to speak on the matter. Take a listen to what Katt Williams had to say after the jump.

As previously reported, Knight and Williams were arrested Wednesday, October 29, for an incident that took place September 5 in Beverly Hills, outside a studio.

Williams was reportedly taken into custody after he arrived in court on a unrelated assault charge. Knight was arrested in Las Vegas. Both men were charged with one count of second-degree robbery for allegedly stealing the woman's camera. Considering both men have lengthy rap sheets, Williams may face up to seven years in prison if convicted, and Knight may serve 30 years to life.

Knight's most recent run-in with the law came in August after a shooting at a pre-MTV VMA party.

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