Summary Saatchi said the pictures misrepresented a "playful tiff."
LONDON (AP) - British police say they are investigating after a newspaper published photos of Nigella Lawson s husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity chef s throat.
The Sunday People newspaper ran pictures of what it said was the couple s violent argument at a London restaurant on June 9.
Saatchi, Britain s best-known art collector, told London Evening Standard newspaper on Monday that the pictures misrepresented a "playful tiff."
Saatchi, a columnist for the London Evening Standard, said "the pictures are horrific but give a far more drastic and violent impression of what took place."
Lawson s spokesman, Mark Hutchinson, declined to comment.
London police say it has received no criminal complaint, and "inquiries are in hand to establish the facts" in order to assess whether a formal investigation is necessary.
