Surfers Protect McConaughey, Attack the Paps

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A brawl broke out on the beaches of Malibu Saturday afternoon whena group of surfers attacked paparazzi who were snapping pics of Matthew McConaughey .
One shutterbug told police that a mob of surfers approached thephotogs near Paradise Cove where the often-shirtless actor wassurfing with friends. The surfers demanded everyone stop filmingand taking pictures, but when that didn't happen, things gotphysical.
"[The surfers] formed a semicircle in front of his camera and theysaid [McConaughey] didn't want him to film," Los Angeles CountySheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told the Los Angeles Times . "They got into an argument, and [the photographer] indicated thathe received injuries...[The surfers] took the video camera andthrew it in the water."
There are reports that another paparazzo suffered a broken nose.
Detectives are investigating the melee, which was caught on tape by TMZ.com and X17online.com .
McConaughey's people have yet to comment.