Authorities in East Hampton, N.Y., are looking into whether Martha Stewart, marketer of gracious living, injured her neighbor's landscaper by backing her car into him.
The allegation was the latest incident in a two-year feud between Stewart and real estate millionaire Harry Macklowe, who has an adjoining spread.The landscaper, Matthew J. Munnich, filed a complaint alleging he was pinned by Stewart's car after she discovered workers building a fence between her property and Mack-lowe's at night on May 21. Munnich said Stewart yelled curses at him as she backed up her car. He said he suffered bruises.
Police and the district attorney's office are investigating.
Stewart called the accusation "totally ridiculous."
The Stewart-Macklowe feud blossomed in 1995 when the developer planted shrubs along the property line. Stewart called it "inappropriate greenery" and, when a survey showed it was on her land, ripped it out.
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