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Actress injures old ladies
10/11/2006 07:23 - (SA)
Richmond, British Columbia - A spokesperson for Hollywood actress Denise Richards blamed aggressive paparazzi on Thursday for a run-in that prompted her client to toss a laptop from a balcony, inadvertently banging up two elderly women.
Howard Blank, a spokesperson for the River Rock casino resort in the Vancouver suburb, confirmed an incident took place on Wednesday evening.
Global TV reported Richards was filming a scene for the movie Blonde and Blonder when she allegedly confronted a photographer trying to take her picture.
Richards threw their laptop computers off a balcony, hitting two elderly women sitting in the lobby below.
Paramedics were called but the injuries apparently amounted to no more than bruising.
"Based on the actions of the paparazzi they are lucky their laptops were the only things that were thrown off the ledge," said Richards' publicist Nicole Perez in Los Angeles.
A statement from Blonde and Blonder producer Dean Bornstein indicated that a "number of unauthorised persons" got onto the film set and began "harassing members of the cast".
"While trying to stop the paparazzi, Denise Richards was involved in an altercation," Bornstein said.
"To protect her safety she instinctively knocked the paparazzo's laptops off a ledge. Royal Canadian Mounted Police were called to the scene as a precaution and the case was soon closed. No charges were filed against Ms Richards."
Richards has appeared in TV series such as Spin City and movies such as Love Actually, Starship Troopers and Scary Movie 3.
She became tabloid fodder in part because of her divorce from actor Charlie Sheen.
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