Israeli police detained eight-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater early Saturday after a scuffle with photographers who were trying to take pictures of him with Israeli supermodel Bar Rafaeli, police said.
Israeli photographers were waiting outside as Rafaeli and the American surfer left a hotel in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya before dawn Saturday, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. In an effort to prevent the cameramen from taking pictures, Slater pushed them, a photographer at the scene told Channel Two said.
A brawl broke out and Slater was taken for questioning and later released, Rosenfeld said.
It was not the first time foreign guests of Rafaeli have scuffled with journalists. Earlier this year Rafaeli and her then-boyfriend, actor Leonardo DiCaprio, created a media storm when he visited her in Israel. After eluding journalists for days, the pair was met by a group of waiting photographers when they toured Jerusalem.
Their bodyguards scuffled with photographers, punching some and damaging equipment. Rafaeli later told an Israeli newspaper she wouldn't bring anyone famous to Israel because there is a chutzpah here that you won't see anywhere else.
Israeli media has reported the two have broken up recently.
Refaeli is reportedly in Israel for a photo shoot to appear in next year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.
Rating: 3
Supermodels are the biggest cheaters in the world. Why, they looked absolutely great in anything, even in plain black dresses. They got the body and the face for it. Unfair, eh?
Love those killer silver pointy pumps.
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