{"id":482306,"date":"2010-03-28T09:29:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T13:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c630a53ef01310fe97a3f970c"},"modified":"2010-03-28T10:11:34","modified_gmt":"2010-03-28T14:11:34","slug":"surfers-seen-as-the-heroes-in-malibu-paparazzi-case-involving-matthew-mcconaughey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/482306","title":{"rendered":"Surfers seen as the heroes in Malibu paparazzi case involving Matthew McConaughey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Surfers<\/img><\/a><\/p>\n

A dozen paparazzi were huddled on the sand — angling for a shot of
\nfamously bare-chested celeb Matthew McConaughey — when suddenly they
\nwere confronted by a pack of local surfers.
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\n
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\n"Let’s go!" shouted one surfer. "We’ll draw a line in the beach, and
\nwe’ll fight for the beach. If you guys win, you can have the beach."
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\n
<\/br>
\nA fight broke out,<\/a> and L.A. prosecutors charged two of the surfers with misdemeanor battery.
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\n
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\nTwo years later, the trial against Skylar Peak and Philip Hildebrand is
\ngetting underway. But the popular sentiment in Malibu is that the
\nsurfers should be hailed as heroes, not hauled into court. The
\ndefendants get pats on the back and words of encouragement as they make
\ntheir way around town, according to their lawyers.
<\/br>
\n
<\/br>
\nEven the prosecutor on the case seemed a bit torn. "I’m ecstatic . . .
\nreally," Deputy Dist. Atty. Bill Penzin deadpanned. Like many in
\nMalibu, Penzin believes the paparazzi are too aggressive in their
\npursuit of celebrities. "Think Princess Di in Paris in the tunnel," he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

Read the full story here.<\/a><\/p>\n

–Robert Faturechi in Malibu<\/p>\n

PHOTOS:<\/a> Surfers versus photographers.<\/p>\n

Photo: L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy Tim Braden asks paparazzi to leave Little
\nDume beach in Malibu after an altercation between one of them and other
\nbeach-goers ruffled feathers. <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

\t \t(Los Angeles Times<\/span> \/ June 28, 2008)<\/span><\/p>\n

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