Washington
(ANI):
American
actor
Matthew
McConaughey
was
protected
from
paparazzi
by
a
bunch
of
surfers
on
the
beaches
of
Malibu
Saturday
afternoon.
The
incident
took
place
when
McConaughey
was
surfing
with
friends
near
Paradise
Cove.
According
to
what
a
photographer
had
told
the
police,
the
surfers
asked
the
paparazzi
to
stop
clicking
McConaughey"s
pictures.
However,
when
the
photographers
did
not
stop,
things
got
physical.
"(The
surfers)
formed
a
semicircle
in
front
of
his
camera
and
they
said
(McConaughey)
didn't
want
him
to
film," E!online
quoted
Los
Angeles
County
Sheriff's
Department
spokesman
Steve
Whitmore
as
having
told
the
Los
Angeles
Times.
"They
got
into
an
argument,
and
[the
photographer]
indicated
that
he
received
injuries...(The
surfers)
took
the
video
camera
and
threw
it
in
the
water,"
the
spokesman
added.
There
are
reports
that
another
paparazzo
suffered
a
broken
nose
during
the
fight,
which
was
caught
on
tape
by
TMZ.com
and
X17online.com,
and
which
is
being
investigated
by
detectives.
McConaughey's
representatives
were
unavailable
for
comment.