Rapper/actress Eve was reportedly embroiled in a fight in Los Angeles on Thursday night, during which a young woman was allegedly "pushed down a flight of stairs".

The Who's That Girl star was enjoying a night out with a group of friends at Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel when she was confronted by another female outside the venue.

The women are said to have exchanged words before the altercation became physical - although it is unclear who instigated the violence, according to the New York Post's gossip column PageSix.

However, the two parties managed to settle their differences and avoided getting the police involved.

A source tells the publication, "It got physical... one of the girls Eve was yelling at was pushed down a flight of stairs either by Eve or one of her posse, but they calmed her down and cops weren't called."

A representative for Eve has yet to comment on the claims.