Rome CNN —In a scene reminiscent of La Dolce Vita era, French actor Gerard Depardieu has been accused of attacking celebrity photographer Rino Barillari outside Harry’s Bar on the famed Via Veneto in Rome.
Piero Lepore, the owner of Harry’s Bar in Rome, confirmed to CNN that the incident happened, but did not cast blame.
This sort of thing never happens here,” Lepore told CNN by telephone.
“We are used to celebrities and we are used to paparazzi – they can’t survive without each other.
Magda Vavrusova’s lawyer, Delphine Meillet, said in a statement to CNN that it was Barillari who had pushed Vavrusova.
Persons:
Rome, Rome CNN —, La Dolce, Gerard Depardieu, Rino, Depardieu, Barillari, ”, Magda Vavrusova, Piero Lepore, Federico Fellini, ” –, Paparazzo, ” Lepore, “, Lepore, Magda Vavrusova’s, Delphine Meillet, Meillet, Vavrusova, ” Meillet, University Policlinico Umberto, Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, Liz Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Depardieu’s, –, Charlotte Arnould
Organizations:
Rome CNN, Via Veneto, Police, CNN, Rome, University, ” CNN, Paris
Locations:
Harry’s, Rome, Piazza Navona