Beckham Bodyguard Probe
Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Football ace David Beckham may face a police interrogation after his bodyguard was charged for allegedly attacking a photographer without any provocation.

The incident took place in the French Riviera port of Villefranche-sur-Mer, where Beckham was recently holidaying with his family, reports The Mirror.

The photographer, Francois Glories, has charged Beckham's bodyguard for assault after he claimed that the minder had attacked him and then thrown him in the water, despite the fact that he had done nothing to provoke the Beckhams and had kept a distance of at least 15 yards from them.

The Manchester United midfielder and his pop star wife, Victoria, were also present at the scene of the incident along with their two young sons, but reportedly took no action to stop their bodyguard.

Glories has also claimed that the attack destroyed his photography equipment worth 7,000 dollars, which was thrown into the water along with him. Glories is now demanding that he get paid for the damages to his equipment.

"I was with three other photographers when this huge bodyguard ran at me. I admit I was there to take pictures, but we were all standing about 15 yards away. We were not hassling them," the report quoted him as saying.

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