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Yanni's Greatest Hits - New Age Star Arrested For Domestic Battery

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As if his music was not torture enough, now 90's new age guru Yanni is having female trouble in Florida. From The Palm Beach Post:

Music superstar Yanni was arrested at his Manalapan home early Friday morning after his girlfriend accused him of slapping and shaking her during a late-night argument.

The international New Age icon spent 12 hours at the Palm Beach County Jail before being released Friday afternoon. He did not have to post bond, but he is barred from contact with his girlfriend and is required to check in daily with court workers.

Manalapan police were called to the oceanfront home of the 51-year-old musician -- whose legal name is John Y. Christopher -- late Thursday after his girlfriend called 911 from a locked bathroom, according to a police report.

The girlfriend, Silvia Barthes, 33, told police that Yanni threw her clothes from the closet and ordered her to move out of his house, a $7.7 million property on South Ocean Boulevard.

Barthes, who could not be reached for comment, told police that Yanni grabbed her forearms and shook her, then threw her onto a bed. She said he also slapped her, according to the report. Yanni admitted they argued but said he only grabbed her arms after she kicked him in the groin, police said. He said he hurt his left middle finger during the confrontation but denied striking her.

When police arrived, they say Barthes' lip was swollen and bloody. She told an officer she thought she may have struck her own lip while Yanni shook her.

Police arrested Yanni on a charge of domestic battery, a first-degree misdemeanor.

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Comments (3)

looks like a creepy version... (Below threshold)

looks like a creepy version of al pacino.

Wait a minute, isn't that D... (Below threshold)
Joel:

Wait a minute, isn't that Dennis Miller? :)

Yeah, Yanni is definately t... (Below threshold)
Melissa:

Yeah, Yanni is definately the "bad boy" type. That crazy gangsta music probably made her go insane & hit herself. What a joke!


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