Bjork attacked Glenn Jeffrey at Auckland Airport and tore his shirt. Photos / Glenn Jeffrey (L), Dean Purcell (R)
Iceland's singing and songwriting sensation Bjork attacked a Herald photographer on her arrival at Auckland International Airport yesterday.
This is the second time the singer has attacked a journalist - the last time was in 1996 after a long flight to Thailand.
Bjork, who is in Auckland to
perform at the Big Day Out on Friday, tore photographer Glenn Jeffrey's shirt in half, after he photographed her arriving at 7.50am yesterday.
Jeffrey, a news photographer of 25 years, said Bjork was accompanied by a man who asked him not take photographs.
"I took a couple of pictures and I got about three or four frames of her ... and as I turned and walked away she came up behind me, grabbed the back of my black skivvy and tore it down the back.
"As she did this she fell over, she fell to the ground. At no stage did I touch her or speak with her."
Bjork said nothing throughout the incident but the man with her was saying: "B, don't do this, B, don't do this,"' Jeffrey said.
Jeffrey spoke to Auckland police yesterday. He said: "I don't see being assaulted as I'm working as a press photographer as an acceptable thing.
"If anybody assaults anybody you have the right to a legal recourse, whoever they are."
A spokeswoman for Auckland International Airport said staff would review video footage if police requested it.
The incident bears the hallmarks of another attack, in 1996, during which Bjork famously attacked a reporter after a long flight to Thailand.
She later apologised for the attack, which is now posted on the YouTube website.
