PAPARAZZI punch-up between two photographers clamouring for a shot of Hollywood star Owen Wilson has ended with both agreeing to drop apprehended violence order applications against the other.
Celebrity snapper Jamie Fawcett and his camera-toting counterpart Pierre Smithdorf were involved in a scuffle outside the Bondi Icebergs club earlier this month while trying to capture Wedding Crashers star Wilson taking a dip, writes court reporter Brad Clifton.
While the accounts of the two men differ as to who was to blame, witnesses said push came to shove with at least one of the snappers ending up on the ground.
Yesterday, the pair arrived at North Sydney Local Court with the intention of seeking AVOs against each other. But, after half an hour, they left the courthouse having agreed not to proceed with their applications.
Fawcett – without making any admissions of wrongdoing – gave a written undertaking that he would not threaten, harass or intimidate his rival and would "conduct myself appropriately at all times when in the company of Mr Pierre Smithdorf".
In return, Smithdorf agreed to drop his AVO action. Both men, however, were keen to blame the other for the fracas.
"While I was taking photographs of Owen Wilson he has come up and pushed his lens and camera into my face," Fawcett said yesterday. "I have had words with him and a scuffle has broken out and I have defended myself."
Smithdorf alleged he was the victim of an "unprovoked, violent attack".
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