The "Black Panther" director was detained by police in Atlanta earlier this year.
"Black Panther" award-winning director Ryan Coogler was taken into custody by police in January after a bank teller mistakenly mistook him for a bank robber.
According to an Atlanta Police Department incident report obtained by NBC News, the 35-year-old filmmaker was taken into custody on January 7 after transacting at a Bank of America branch in Atlanta, where she appeared in the sequel to "Black Panther." Filming the episode. Wakanda forever."
According to incident reports, Coogler had his California ID card and a Bank of America account card with him at the time.
"This situation should never have happened. However, Bank of America worked with me and addressed it to my satisfaction and we moved on," Coogler said in a statement obtained by NBC News.
Police reports that Coogler described a bank teller as a "pregnant black woman" were written on the back of a note withdrawal slip. The note asked Taylor to withdraw more than $10,000 from Coogler's own account, and requested that he be "sane" when giving the cash to Coogler.
Coogler was wearing a hat, sunglasses and a protective face mask at the time, according to TMZ, which first reported the news.
According to the incident report, Teller received an alert notification from Coogler's account and believed that Coogler was trying to rob the bank. After notifying his manager at the bank, 911 was called. Police officers arrived and handcuffed Coogler. They also detained two of Coogler's associates, who were waiting for him in a Lexus SUV parked outside the bank.
The police report said that once Banks realized his mistake, Coogler was "immediately" taken out of handcuffs and Coogler's associates were released from the back of a patrol car. All three were also pardoned.
Before leaving, the report said, Coogler requested the names and badge numbers of each police officer present at the scene.
Bank of America issued a statement about the incident, which was also obtained by NBC News: "We are deeply sorry that this incident happened. It should never have happened and we have apologized to Mr. Coogler."
NBC News has reached out to the Atlanta Police Department for comment.