‘Paparazzo’ Trial Postponed

• Two Longtime Local Residents Accused of Assaulting Photog

BY BILL KOENEKER

The long-awaited trial of Skylar Peak and Phillip Hildebrand on charges of misdemeanor battery scheduled to start in a Malibu courtroom this week has been continued until March 23, according to the district attorney’s office.
A clerk at the Malibu courthouse said the trial was postponed because there is already another trial in progress.
The longtime Point Dume residents and surfing buddies are accused of throwing a photographer and his equipment into the water as he was attempting to take pictures of Matthew McConaughey when he was surfing off the Point.
Peak and Hildebrand maintain that they responded in self-defense after a large and aggressive pack of paparazzi stormed the private beach after being told they were trespassing.