A photographer who circulated nude shots of Alberto Tomba says the Italian skier threw a crystal trophy cup at him at an awards ceremony.
Aldo Martinuzzi said the three-time Olympic champ threw the cup and a champagne bottle at him Sunday after Tomba finished third in the giant slalom of the World Cup in Alta Badia, Italy. Martinuzzi said the bottle missed, the cup struck him in the shoulder and his finger was cut, probably by a glass splinter.Tomba said it was an accident.
"I was trying to throw the cup to my sister to avoid it being stolen. I received a push . . . and the cup accidentally fell on the photographer," Tomba said. "I apologize, but I want to add he was probably punished, inadvertently, for his misbehavior."
The photographs Martinuzzi circulated this summer dated back to 1988 but received renewed interest during a flurry of photo spreads in Italian magazines of nude male celebrities.
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