The man who oversaw the investigation into PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON’s headline-grabbing sex scandal has been asked to help draw up new city laws that would keep the paparazzi from Malibu, California.
The coastal city’s Mayor Pamela Ulich has asked local Pepperdine University law school dean Ken Starr for the benefit of his legal counsel as she plans to prevent Malibu becoming a paparazzi mecca.
Ulich has suggested creating “buffer zones” for cameramen and photographers who follow celebrities to the beach, and taxing the snappers.
She wants the paparazzi to “think twice before shoving a camera in your face”.
The summer has already started badly for Malibu-bound photographers – several were chased off a public beach on Sunday (22Jun08) as they attempted to snap Matthew McConaughey.
A gang of angry surfers ordered the paparazzi to stop taking photos of the star. The confrontation led to violence when some of the surfers allegedly dragged a photographer into the sea while beating him up.
Another snapper reportedly had camera equipment thrown into the sea. Police reports were filed and the local authorities are investigating the matter.
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