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June 23, 2008
Two Paparazzi Brawls Over Weekend
At least three paparazzi photographers were attacked in the Los Angeles area over the weekend in two separate incidents. On Friday evening as Britney Spears returned from a trip to Louisiana, a push-and-shove incident occurred between her body guard and a photographer outside an LAX terminal resulting in a minor abrasion to the paparazzo's face, but no charges were filed. On Saturday, two photographers were attacked by a group of surfers protecting Matthew McConaughey's wish to not be filmed while surfing at Paradise Cove. One paparazzo is reported to have several injuries and a water-soaked broken camera and another with a broken nose.
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Good.
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Surfers are notorious for being territorial. Good for them!
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sounds like the paps are getting what they deserve. No pity.
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While I can't say I agree with the violence of the surfers, I do like to see the paparazzi get interfered with.
While it's a public beach and you're allowed to take pictures of whatever occurs, there's no reason I can't stand in front of you and block your view.
There were enough of the surfers that they could have made the picture-taking next to impossible merely by blocking the cameraman, holding up towels whenever they tried to take a picture, etc.