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Nigella Lawson images 'playful tiff', says Saatchi | Nigella Lawson images 'playful tiff', says Saatchi |
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Art collector Charles Saatchi says images of him grasping his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, by the neck show "a playful tiff". | Art collector Charles Saatchi says images of him grasping his wife, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, by the neck show "a playful tiff". |
The photos in the Sunday People were taken about a week ago in London. | |
"The pictures are horrific but give a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place," he reportedly told London's Evening Standard. Ms Lawson has not commented. | |
Scotland Yard said a 70-year-old man had been cautioned for assault. | |
In Monday's Evening Standard, Mr Saatchi said: "About a week ago, we were sitting outside a restaurant having an intense debate about the children, and I held Nigella's neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasise my point. | In Monday's Evening Standard, Mr Saatchi said: "About a week ago, we were sitting outside a restaurant having an intense debate about the children, and I held Nigella's neck repeatedly while attempting to emphasise my point. |
"There was no grip, it was a playful tiff. | "There was no grip, it was a playful tiff. |
"Nigella's tears were because we both hate arguing, not because she had been hurt. | "Nigella's tears were because we both hate arguing, not because she had been hurt. |
"We had made up by the time we were home. The paparazzi were congregated outside our house after the story broke yesterday morning, so I told Nigella to take the kids off till the dust settled." | "We had made up by the time we were home. The paparazzi were congregated outside our house after the story broke yesterday morning, so I told Nigella to take the kids off till the dust settled." |
Ms Lawson and Mr Saatchi, a former advertising executive, have been married since 2003. She has two children, Cosima and Bruno, from her marriage to journalist John Diamond, who died in 2001. | Ms Lawson and Mr Saatchi, a former advertising executive, have been married since 2003. She has two children, Cosima and Bruno, from her marriage to journalist John Diamond, who died in 2001. |
Ms Lawson's spokesman confirmed that she had left the family home with her children, but did not say whether it was a permanent or temporary move. | Ms Lawson's spokesman confirmed that she had left the family home with her children, but did not say whether it was a permanent or temporary move. |
On Monday evening Scotland Yard said: "Officers from the Community Safety Unit at Westminster were aware of the Sunday People article which was published on Sunday 16 June and carried out an investigation. | |
"This afternoon, Monday 17 June, a 70-year-old man voluntarily attended a central London police station and accepted a caution for assault. " |