ROME – Gerard Depardieu punches Rino Barillari, the ‘king of the paparazzi’, after eating a plate of pasta at Harry’s Bar in Via Veneto. The story of the episode – as reported by Il Messaggero – is the same photojournalist who ended up at the emergency room to be treated. “I had ‘intercepted’ him in Via Veneto together with a woman. I approached to take some shots, but she rushed towards me like a fury.”
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After the kicks from the woman to make him move away, Depardieu’s turn. “I took a couple of punches from him on the face and ended up on the ground,” Barillari said. The owner of the place intervened promptly and called for help.