Charles Saatchi, Husband Of UK Celeb Chef Nigella Lawson, Describes Photographed Altercation As A 'Playful Tiff'

June 17 2013, Published 10:37 a.m. ET
We've got more as the investigation continues into the incident between English TV chef Nigella Lawson and wealthy art collector husband Charles Saatchi on the patio of Scott's, an upscale Mayfair restaurant -- all of which which was photographed and published in a UK tabloid -- as Saatchi summarized the disconcerting exchange as a "playful tiff," and downplayed the crude images as giving "a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place."
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In the series of images, we see Saatchi, 70, repeatedly grab Lawson, 53, by the neck and the nose before storming off from the table.