by red37 » Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:14 pm
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02/10/05 - Football section
Cisse 'assaulted' boy who played TV prank
Police are investigating claims that Liverpool footballer Djibril Cisse assaulted a 15-year-old boy who fooled the French international with a television show prank.
The youth alleges that he was struck on the head by the French star at an east London park in the Docklands area, Scotland Yard said.
A spokeswoman said: "Police were called to Broomfield Street E14 on Friday at 6.58pm regarding an allegation of assault on a 15-year-old boy.
"The allegation was that he was struck on the head.
"Medical aid was declined."
No arrest was made but it is understood the 24-year-old Frenchman, who joined the Champions League victors in 2004, will be questioned over the alleged incident.
Cisse was filming an advert featuring a mocked-up England versus France match.
The youngster told a national newspaper that he was struck when he pulled away from shaking Cisse's hand, in a prank copied from Sky football show Soccer AM.
He said: "I went up to Cisse and went to shake his hand, but pulled my hand away as a joke and put my thumb on my nose and wiggled my fingers. He didn't see the funny side and lunged towards me."
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