A paparazzo trying to photograph Matthew McConaughey at the beach told police he was attacked by a mob of surfers who threw his camera in the ocean.
Spanish actress Penelope Cruz and U.S. actor Matthew McConaughey pose during the premiere of Spanish film director Pedro Almodovar's latest film "Volver" in Madrid March 16, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo) The 29-year-old photojournalist told sheriff's deputies that a large group of surfers near Paradise Cove in Malibu approached him and other paparazzi about 2 p.m. Saturday and demanded the group stop taking pictures and filming.
"There was apparently a fight, and the photographer gave a statement that he received injuries," Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Sunday. Detectives are investigating, he said.
McConaughey was not involved in the attack, authorities said.
A call to McConaughey's publicist was not immediately returned.
The celebrity Web site TMZ.com posted a video Sunday showing about a dozen young men in swimsuits approaching what appears to be a group of paparazzi and yelling and swearing at them.
A scuffle breaks out after one of the photographers exchanges insults with the group and at first refuses their orders to leave.
"I'll give you a thousand bucks if you leave right now," one of the young men in swimsuits tells the photographers.
Another shoves a photographer filming the scene, and still another says, "We'll draw a line in the beach, and we'll fight for the beach. If you guys win, you can have the beach."
When one member of the group shouts at a photographer, "Get a ... real job," the photographer replies, "This is a real job. What do you do?"
The man replies: "I just drink beer and party."
Source: China Daily\agencies
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